Paralegal

Description

Leidos is seeking Paralegals located in the Washington DC area. You will work in a fast‑paced and diverse environment assisting the program and management team with workflows for electronic case filings (ECF). You will be part of a dynamic team providing legal and technical services to support the Division of Offices, Boards and Divisions at the Department of Justice. In this role you will gain skills such as time and task management, critical thinking, problem solving, and the ability to communicate complicated problems in a concise manner.

• Perform intake and track hundreds to thousands of claims in any given matter.
• Enter claims filing information into an Excel tracking system.
• Proofread settlement memos for content and detail formatting.
• Respond to DOJ attorney requests for filing information and retrieval.
• Conduct simple to moderately complex database searches.
• Perform simple legal research.
• Assist DOJ attorneys in preparation for trials.

• Paralegal certificate, JD, or currently attending an ABA‑accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study; one year of legal training or legal experience or at least two years of college education may be substituted for the paralegal certificate.
• At least one year of litigation paralegal experience or project experience.
• Experience with primary litigation and solid general litigation experience, including support preparing for trial.
• Experience using Excel for creating tracking spreadsheets and developing processes for claims intake and review.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Experience with legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw.

• Excellent proofreading skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Solid general litigation support experience.
• Prior experience working in a Federal Government environment.
• Trial preparation experience.
• Claims processing experience is a plus.

The pay for this position will be $25.58/hr.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.