Paralegal Specialist
Department of Justice
Paralegal Specialist
This Paralegal Specialist provides routine legal support to Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSA's) in a variety of recurring litigative activities. If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing Paralegal Specialist support in the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Carolina, located in Columbia, South Carolina; Greenville, South Carolina, focusing in the areas of legal research; legal writing; evidence and discovery; case support. Typical work assignments will include:
- Performing programmatic work in the United States Attorney's Office (USAO) asset forfeiture activities to include analysis and evaluation of internal and external operations.
- Performing specialized legal research in support of asset forfeiture work, including research of legislative intent and controversial judicial precedents and case law.
- Receiving, examining, and evaluating asset forfeiture cases referred for judicial forfeiture proceedings by the seizing agencies or referred for technical evaluation by lower graded paralegal staff.
- Performing a variety of tasks in support of discovery proceedings, scheduling depositions, monitoring court appearance dates and deadlines, and preparing reports associated with trials, hearings, and other legal presentations.
Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.
Vacancy posted 12 hours ago
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