Legal Administrative Specialist (Case Manager)

Legal Administrative Specialist (Case Manager)

If selected for this position, you will serve as a Legal Administrative Specialist (Case Manager) in the Criminal and Civil Division providing a wide range of legal and administrative services to one or more Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) involved in a variety of criminal and civil matters for the United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Arkansas. Typical duties include:

• Providing general administrative support for assigned cases by entering and updating information about pending cases in case management software.
• Performing a variety of litigation support functions necessary to prepare, organize, index, develop, manage, and track exhibits, evidence and data in criminal and civil cases and matters.
• Receiving, organizing and storing incoming discoveries and evidentiary material.
• Managing discovery in various formats, including paper documents, PDF files, image files, audio files, video files, forensic reports, proprietary files, and other electronic file types.
• Conducting factual and legal research in legal and nonlegal databases in support of investigations and cases.
• Drafting routine legal documents such as routine motions, pretrial filings, summonses, subpoenas, satisfactions of judgements, and other routine legal documents.
• Providing support to legal team during court proceedings, e.g., using trial presentation software and courtroom equipment to display exhibits or demonstratives, maintaining accounting system of exhibits entered into evidence, and managing witnesses.
• Using software applications to perform basic processing of electronic discovery materials.
• Organizing and preparing written summaries of witness statements and testimony, audio or video recordings, and documentary evidence.
• Preparing exhibits and demonstratives for use in legal proceedings.

Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.