Senior Paralegal

Description

Leidos is a Fortune 500™ company aimed at embracing and solving some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Through science and technology, Leidos makes the world safer, healthier and more efficient.

Leidos is seeking Senior Paralegals to work on-site in support of the Department of Justice in Washington, DC. Be one of the first to dedicate your skills and talent to a newly formed division of the Department of Justice, National Fraud Enforcement Division.

Be part of a dynamic team in providing legal and technical services to support the Department of Justice. From emails and instant messages, to electronic devices, and social media systems, we are equipped to meet the challenge of forensically capturing, reviewing, and illuminating the “smoking gun” evidence. Join us and make a difference!

In this role, you will gain many intangible skills, such as time and task management, critical thinking and problem solving, the ability to communicate complicated problems in a concise manner, as well as solve complex problems using available tools. The selected Senior Paralegals will work in a fast-paced and diverse environment and will have a management team that encourages your career development and growth.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Required to travel up to 50% of the time to aid with trial preparation.

• Performs detailed reviews and analysis of case materials, which includes financial records, health care materials, and other litigation files.

• Performs detailed indexing of case files; drafting procedures for accomplishing litigation support assignments; document acquisition related tasks; screening for privilege documents; and conducting database searches.

• Composes written documents in a concise and logical manner.

• As required, serves as "team leader" for a group of legal professionals.

• Communicates with other DOJ components, Federal agencies and others as required during investigations and litigation.

• Utilizes Excel spreadsheets to track information and analyze case statistics.

• Compiles, prepares, and summarizes relevant materials for use by attorneys in discovery and in preparation of motions, briefs and other legal documents.

• Summarizes depositions and other transcripts; maintains case files; performs moderately complex legal research; indexes, tracks and controls document discovery (including documents produced and received in discovery).

• Perform trial preparation tasks to include copying, document review, document organization, bates stamping, legal research and searching documents in Concordance/Summation.

• During trial, assist with documents and indexes, tracks exhibits and other materials at depositions.

• Proofreads and edits written documents.

• Reviews audio files for relevance and update databases with findings.

• Prepares witnesses, exhibits and other evidence binders.

• Receives and track discovery items.

• Utilizes electronic and evidence management and discovery production processes and tools, such as Relativity, Casemap, Sanction and Oncue, to support investigations.

• Searches the Relativity database per criteria developed by case team management.

• Reviews search result sets for relevance based on written criteria.

• Codes relevant documents per existing protocol.

• Responds to citizen and congressional correspondence.

• Responds to citizen phone calls.

*** Please Note:** While work is on-site in the DC area, there is some potential for telework and remote work.

Required Qualifications:

• Paralegal certificate, or JD, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study.

• At least two years of litigation paralegal experience required.

• At least one year of experience in automated litigation support.

• Requires sound working knowledge of federal and state court system, legal research procedures, and legal research resources.

• Requires excellent written and oral communication skills and thorough knowledge of legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw.

• Must have hands-on familiarity with a variety of computer applications, including word processing, databases (such as document review and file management systems), spreadsheets, imaging, and hardware systems.

• Role also requires hands-on familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources.

• Ability to consistently deliver highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important.

• Must be a US Citizen and able to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience supporting large document reviews over 1 million records.

• Experience in search related technology.

• Trial support experience very helpful.

This position is covered under the Service Contract Act and is subject to minimum requirements. Leidos ensures that all provisions are satisfied. The pay for this position will be $31.69/hr.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

July 29, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

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The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit .

Pay and Benefits

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.