Legal Administrative Specialist (Financial Litigation)

Legal Administrative Specialist In Financial Litigation

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team responsible for providing a wide range of legal support services to one or more Assistant U.S. Attorneys (AUSAs) involved in criminal and civil enforcements and collections associated with Financial Litigation. As a Legal Administrative Specialist in Financial Litigation of the Civil Division, you will:

• Receive, examine, and evaluate criminal proceeding cases, either pre-collection as referred by the Financial Litigation AUSA or post-conviction.
• Search a variety of databases for deed records, liens, determine lienholders priority, obtain copies of deeds and/or trust documents as appropriate.
• Prepare and maintain a variety of court-related documents, e.g., discovery letters, exhibit lists, jury instructions, trial subpoenas, etc.
• Prepare a variety of substantive legal documents to include preparation of subpoenas, various motions, garnishments, and other legal actions to effect necessary post-judgment action regarding debts owed to victims and the U.S. government.
• Process debt collection claims referred from client agencies. Propose debt compromises, write-offs, and referral of claims back to the originating agency.
• Monitor the progress of pending cases and initiates action to insure that legal pleadings, forms, reports, correspondence, and other documents are prepared and submitted within established deadlines.

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