Legal Assistance/Paralegal

Legal Assistant
Employment Type: Full-Time, Entry Level
As a CGS Legal Assistant, you will work under the direction of a Supervisory Paralegal or Project Supervisor. You will provide litigation and administrative support to a group of United States Attorneys. CGS brings motivated, highly skilled, and creative people together to solve the government's most dynamic problems with cutting-edge technology. Here at CGS, we offer an environment in which our employees feel supported, and we encourage professional growth through various learning opportunities.
The Contractor shall provide two legal assistants to perform the following job duties to support attorneys, investigators, and paralegals:
Provide a variety of direct legal support assistance services to include:

Receive and review incoming material and independently determines the need for assembly and preparation of a variety of legal documents, e.g., In preparation of documents, considers the nature and the status of the case involved.
Proofread and edit drafts of legal documents such as motions, orders, correspondence, discovery requests and responses, and other pleadings. Complete variable aspects of preparing recurring legal documents that conform to the rules governing their style and format.
Electronically file documents on behalf of and at the directive of the attorneys with the appropriate state or federal court, applying knowledge of local court rules and practices.
Provide assistance with trial preparation by performing duties such as independently compiling trial notebooks and witness and exhibit lists.
Aid in processing and organizing legal data and other supportive material. Organize, process and copy documents in accordance with requirements. Assemble record materials for court filings.
Compose original letters that require a good working knowledge of legal procedures and specialized terminology, e.g., Provide a variety of ancillary office support functions requiring some subject-matter knowledge of the United States Attorneys programs and operations. As necessary, searches database for required information.
Obligate funds for litigation expenses and monitors for continued necessity.
Review bills and invoices and submits to budget office for payment.
Assemble the physical files and electronic files for new cases by filing materials in chronological order, preparing and printing conflict of interest sheets for assigned attorneys, and numbering the initial case materials and discovery. Prepare files for closing by putting the documents in chronological order, ensuring that the relevant documents are in the file, and prepare a closing sheet for the assigned attorney's signature.
Receive visitors, answer telephone and refer callers to staff members or take messages as appropriate. Furnish requested information concerning pending and closed matters and cases, functions and general procedures of the office. Produce a variety of written documents and materials utilizing a wide range of office software applications, such as MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Access, Adobe Acrobat Professional or other databases. For example, assignments may include integrating output from different software types, e.g., tables produced by database applications and charts and graphs produced by electronic spreadsheet applications, into word processing or desktop publishing text. Products include complicated tables, graphs and charts, which may be incorporated into legal documents or courtroom presentations. Ensures all documents contain the proper format, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar.
When appropriate, provide automated litigation assistance to attorneys in trial preparation and courtroom presentations, including transcribing dictation. Utilize various software applications and graphics hardware such as scanners and plotters. Prepare documents, charts, and visual materials used in trials. enlarging charts and photographs, duplicating tapes and videos, and marking exhibits.
At least one year of specialized litigation experience required, however over three years is preferred. Specialized experience is defined as experience reviewing legal documents such as complaints, motions, orders, answers, pleadings, subpoenas, and libels for completeness of information; retrieving and assembling information for hearing and/or trial use, researching a variety of legal sources to obtain and/or verify information; and using automated software to produce legal related reports, documents, correspondence and related materials. Should have hands-on familiarity with a variety of computer applications, such as MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat. Ability to consistently deliver highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important. Ability to obtain a Public Trust Security Clearance.
Contact Government Services (CGS) strives to simplify and enhance government bureaucracy through the optimization of human, technical, and financial resources. We combine cutting-edge technology with world-class personnel to deliver customized solutions that fit our client's specific needs. For the past seven years, we've been growing our government contracting portfolio, and along the way, we've created valuable partnerships by demonstrating a commitment to honesty, professionalism, and quality work.
Here at CGS we value honesty through hard work and self-awareness, professionalism in all we do, and to deliver the best quality to our consumers mending those relations for years to come.
We care about our employees. Health, Dental, and Vision

• Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays