Sr. Paralegal

Amentum is seeking a Senior Paralegal to join our team supporting a new team at the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington, DC.

This position is expected to work full-time onsite in Washington, DC. This position reports to a Supervisory Paralegal, or Project Manager.

Works under the direction of a Supervisory Paralegal or a Project Supervisor. Work products are reviewed prior to submission; however, often develops these products with minimal direct supervision other than written guidelines. In addition to functions performed by Paralegals, described below, performs moderately complex legal research; synopsizes transcripts of hearings and oral arguments for attorney use; reviews case related materials and, for example, identifies potentially conflicting statements or areas requiring further investigation;

writes preliminary drafts of simple non-legal memoranda and correspondence. Contact mostly with other Contractor staff, but occasional contact with trial staff may be required.

• Performs detailed indexing of case files; drafting procedures for accomplishing litigation support assignments; document acquisition related tasks; screening for privilege documents; and conducting database searches
• Composes written documents in a concise and logical manner,
• Proofreads and edits written documents
• Reviews audio files for relevance and update databases with findings
• Prepares witnesses, exhibits and other evidence binders
• Receives and track discovery items
• Communicates with other DOJ components, Federal agencies and others as required during investigations and litigation
• 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)
• Perform trial preparation tasks to include copying, document review, document organization, bates stamping, legal research and searching documents in Concordance/Summation
• During trial, assist with documents and indexes, tracks exhibits and other materials at depositions
• Utilize electronic and evidence management and discovery production processes and tools, such as Relativity, Casemap and Oncue, to support investigations
• Performs detailed reviews and analysis of case materials, which includes financial records, health care materials, and other litigation files
• Performs detailed indexing of case files; drafting procedures for accomplishing litigation support assignments; document acquisition related tasks; screening for privilege documents; and conducting database searches
• Proofreads and edits written documents
• Reviews audio files for relevance and update databases with findings;
• Prepares witnesses, exhibits and other evidence binders
• Receives and track discovery items
• Utilizes electronic and evidence management and discovery production processes and tools, such as Relativity, Casemap and Oncue, to support investigations
• Searches the Relativity database per criteria developed by case team management
• Reviews search result sets for relevance based on written criteria
• Responds to citizen and congressional correspondence;
• Responds to citizen phone calls
• Utilize electronic and evidence management and discovery production processes and tools, such as Relativity, Casemap and Sanction, to support investigations
• Required to travel up to 50% of the time to aid with trial preparation

• Requires paralegal certificate, or JD, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study, or an equivalent level of legal training or experience; or an equivalent level of education may be substituted
• Additionally, at least two years of litigation paralegal experience or project experience (as related to the task order) is required; trial experience very helpful. At least one year of experience in automated litigation support.
• Must have experience handling financial crimes/non-compliance cases.
• Requires sound working knowledge of federal and state court system, legal research procedures, and legal research resources.
• Requires excellent written and oral communication skills and thorough knowledge of legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw.
• Must have hands-on familiarity with a variety of computer applications, including word processing, databases (such as…