Paralegal

Description

The Litigation Support Team at Leidos currently supporting the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington, DC has an opening for a Paralegal to perform litigation support duties via said role. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience helping the U.S. Department of Justice achieve their mission. 

Typical assignments may include the following but not limited to:

• Works under the direction of Supervisory Paralegal or Project Supervisor. 

• Performs tasks while complying with established procedures:

• 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 simple legal research;

• Indexes, tracks and controls document discovery (including documents produced and received in discovery); indexes, tracks and exhibits and other materials at depositions and at trial. 

• Prepares exhibit cross-references. 

• Assists attorneys in courtroom. 

• Reviews documents for relevance and privilege according to established guidelines and criteria. Other examples of the types of work to be performed include compilation of documents for FOIA, production requests, Congressional inquiries, Claims review, etc.

Basic Qualifications:

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

• Additionally, at least one year of litigation paralegal experience or project experience (as related to the task order) is required.

• Must have basic legal knowledge, including knowledge of standard legal citation to cite check legal motions and memorandum and must have sufficient experience with legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw to perform basic legal research. 

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

• Role also requires basic familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Excellent analytical skills.

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in a Government and/or Litigation Support environment in conjunction with basic qualifications, preferred.

• Automated litigation support experience, valued.

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

• Trial experience very helpful.

• Experience handling large volume of cases or claims, strongly preferred.

• Current or active clearance

This position is covered under the Service Contract Act and is subject to minimum wage requirements as well as the minimum Health and Welfare benefit. Leidos will ensure that all provisions are met through their wages and benefits. The pay for this position will be $25.58/hr.

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Original Posting:

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:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.