Paralegal; Top Secret Clearance Required

Paralegal (Top Secret Clearance Required)

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) is seeking a dedicated Paralegal to join a fast-paced and hard-working team to assist with 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. We offer an environment where our employees feel supported and encourage professional growth through learning opportunities.

This range is provided by CGS Federal (Contact Government Services). Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range: $83,545.00/yr - $/yr

Paralegal

Employment Type:

Full-Time, Mid-Level
Department:
Legal

• 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:
• Receive, prioritize, and process requests such as document review or requests for advice or legal technical assistance;
• Research and locate responsive information documents and identify relevant laws, judicial decisions, and legal articles;
• 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;
• Write preliminary drafts of legal memoranda and correspondence;
• Assist in preparing draft legal documents, such as motions, briefs, memoranda of law, exhibits, etc.; conduct legal analysis, review documents for relevance and privilege; and assist attorneys with all phases of litigation;
• Review materials in discovery for relevancy and privilege;
• Prepare privilege logs;
• Maintain documentation of records produced in discovery, correspondence sent, and case management functions performed;
• Assist in the drafting and issuing of preservation notices and litigation holds;
• Design, generate, and transmit reports regarding case assignments and productivity using case management databases;
• Analyze and interpret requests from customers;
• Research, locate, and gather material relevant to DU requests including conducting outreach and informal interviews to respond to discovery requests and interrogatories;
• Assist in preparation of declarations;
• Scan paper materials to save as an image file (e.g., .PDF);
• Conduct legal privilege reviews using Veritas eDiscovery Platform, Adobe Pro, or other discovery review platforms provided by the FBI;
• Analyze documents and media files, and proficiently apply red actions to diverse types of privileged information;
• Review the work of peers for accuracy and provide constructive edits to ensure quality and thoroughness of review and processing;
• Support and collaborate with the management to foster teamwork, planning and decision making;
• Organize and maintain accurate records of assigned requests, including case notes, discovery work plans, Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, and entering case information and metrics into the OGC-LITB case tracking database;
• Prepare electronic and/or paper releases for release to customers;
• Provide a high degree of professionalism and customer service in all interactions with DU customers;
• Prioritize and schedule projects to accomplish objectives;
• Assist in representation efforts of the FBI in challenging situations;
• Coordinate classification reviews with subject matter experts and perform overlays of material returned from classification review;
• Maintain close collaboration of projects with discovery team members;
• Serve as consultant to Government employees regarding privilege application and document production;
• Communicate with employees at all levels of the FBI to complete projects with a high degree of professionalism;
• Provide weekly statuses to management and periodic updates to Assistant General Counsels and other DU customers;
• Conduct searches of FBI systems and databases to retrieve relevant documents or files (e.g., Sentinel, Internal Policy Office Policy Library and Policy Archives);
• Perform legal and other research, provide support to the Legal Hold program as well as the Freeze List, and support tasks associated with information management/governance as well as technology and its intersection with the law.

• Requires paralegal certificate, or JD, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study
• At least two years of…