Paralegal Specialist

Job TitleJob duties include but are not limited to the following:GS-07Draft routine pleadings, correspondence, memorandas, and other legal documents using established formats.Review legal documents for completeness (proper format, grammatical accuracy, and compliance with established legal procedures) before submission to attorneys.Conduct basic legal research using statutes, regulations, agency policies, court decisions, legal databases, and reference materials to locate applicable authorities.Prepare factual chronologies, document summaries, and case information for attorney review.GS-09Verify citations and legal authorities to support attorneys.Draft routine pleadings, correspondence, memoranda, and other legal documents using established formats.Participates in interviewing potential witnesses, union representatives, claimants, grievants, and employees to gather information and arranging for subpoenas and indexing/abstracting depositions.Assists in E-Filing, and responding to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and requests for agency testimony and record in third-party actions (Third Party Subpoena cases).GS-11Summarizes findings or documents for use by attorneys in preparing legal documents.Identifies the need for uniform procedures and standards to facilitate legal activities and related administrative processes and avoid duplication of effort and undue delay in accomplishing objectives.Interview potential witnesses, union representatives, claimants, grievants, and employees to gather information and arranging for subpoenas and indexing/abstracting depositions.Review discovery materials, identifying appropriate objections, gathering documents, and making redactions to those documents consistent with the governmental privileges permitted in federal litigation.