Paralegal; Top Secret Clearance Required

Paralegal (Top Secret Clearance Required)

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$83,545.00/yr - $/yr

Paralegal

Employment Type:

Full-Time, Mid-Level
Department:
Legal
CGS is seeking a dedicated Paralegal to join a fast-paced and hard-working team to assist with any legal accounts. As a Paralegal, you will play a key role in supporting various aspects of the company's portfolio.
CGS brings motivated, highly skilled, and creative people together to solve the government’s most dynamic problems with cutting-edge technology. To carry out our mission, we are seeking candidates who are excited to contribute to government innovation, appreciate collaboration, and can anticipate the needs of others. 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 professional, accurate, timely, and reliable paralegal support reporting to the OGC and will be detailed to assist LITB or IALB. Work products are reviewed prior to submission; however, personnel resources provided by Contractor shall often develop these products with minimal direct supervision other than written guidelines. Personnel assigned to this task must have the ability to adjust to changing priorities and work well under pressure
• The General Paralegal Task includes but is not limited to the following:
• Contractor shall receive, prioritize, and process requests such as document review or requests for advice or legal technical assistance;
• Contractor shall research and locate responsive information documents and identify relevant laws, judicial decisions, and legal articles;
• Contractor shall perform typical Paralegal functions, including: moderately complex legal research; synopsizing transcripts of hearings and oral arguments for attorney use; reviewing case related materials; and identifying potentially conflicting statements or areas requiring further investigation;
• Contractor shall write preliminary drafts of legal memoranda and correspondence;
• Contractor shall assist in preparing draft legal documents, such as motions, briefs, memoranda of law, exhibits, etc.; conducting legal analysis, reviewing documents for relevance and privilege; and assisting attorneys with all phases of litigation;
• Contractor shall review materials in discovery for relevancy and privilege;
• Contractor shall prepare privilege logs;
• Contractor shall maintain documentation of records produced in discovery, correspondence sent, and case management functions performed;
• Contractor shall assist in the drafting and issuing of preservation notices and litigation holds;
• Contractor shall design, generate, and transmit reports regarding case assignments and productivity using case management databases
• Contractor shall analyze and interpret requests from customers;
• Contractor shall research, locate, and gather material relevant to DU requests including conducting outreach and informal interviews to respond to discovery requests and interrogatories;
• Contractor shall assist in preparation of declarations;
• Contractor shall scan paper materials to save as an image file (e.g., .PDF);
• Contractor shall conduct legal privilege reviews using Veritas eDiscovery Platform, Adobe Pro, or other discovery review platforms provided by the FBI;
• Contractor shall analyze documents and media files, and proficiently apply red actions to diverse types of privileged information;
• Contractor shall review the work of peers for accuracy and provide constructive edits to ensure quality and thoroughness of review and processing;
• Contractor shall support and collaborate the management efforts to foster teamwork, planning and decision making;
• Contractor shall organize and maintain accurate records of assigned requests. This includes keeping detailed case notes, utilizing discovery work plans, using Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, and entering case…