Senior Paralegal – Criminal
CACI International Inc
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Albuquerque • New Mexico • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $26 per hour
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Prepares a variety of technical legal documents that are characteristically complex in format.
- Reviews incoming documents and material, considers the nature and the status of the case involved, and with limited instructions from AUSAs prepares indictments, arrest warrants, summonses, true bills, motions, orders, non-disclosure applications and orders, stipulations, plea agreements, grand jury and trial subpoenas, and legal memoranda.
- Obtains required information from criminal case files, law enforcement agencies, or other sources, to include in legal documents before submitting to the appropriate AUSA for review.
- Ensures when preparing recurring legal documents that they conform to local court rules and the rules governing style and format.
- Assists attorneys to prepare for trial by independently compiling trial and witness notebooks, preparing and organizing trial exhibits, assembling jury instructions, and compiling witness and exhibit lists.
- Coordinates with the victim/witness specialist to ensure adherence to current Departmental guidelines relating to victims’ rights and services responsibilities.
- Notifies case agents and appropriate office staff of victim/witness issues.
- Using original and online legal resources including Westlaw and/or Lexis/Nexis, verifies legal citations and statutory references contained in legal documents.
- Researches to confirm that citations are accurate, complete, and consistent with source material.
- Proofreads, edits, and revises legal briefs.
- Electronically files legal documents with the U.S. District Court using the CM/ECF system.
- Develops and organizes tables of contents and indices to briefs in accordance with established format.
- Lists cited cases, opinions, and miscellaneous references in briefs.
- Composes original correspondence which requires a good working knowledge of legal procedures and specialized terminology, e.g., transmitting proposed orders to court...
- Scans/inputs and links case-related materials into electronic discovery databases and manages those databases.
- Maintains the electronic case files, enters data in the case management system, calendars deadlines using MS Outlook.
- Prepares files for closing by ensuring all correspondence, relevant pleadings, conflict of interest forms, investigative materials, discovery produced, grand jury materials, court and witness transcripts, and closing sheet are included in electronic case file and are appropriately executed by the assigned AUSA.
- Responds to email and telephone calls, refers inquiries to appropriate staff, and furnishes information as appropriate concerning pending and closed matters, functions, and general office procedures.
Requirements
- 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.
- At least two years of litigation paralegal experience or project experience (as related to the task order) is required.
- At least one year of experience in automated litigation support.
- 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 document review and file management systems), spreadsheets, imaging, and hardware systems.
- Role also requires hands-on familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources.
- Ability to consistently deliver highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important.
- DOJ MBI must be obtainable (US Citizenship required).
Benefits
- healthcare
- wellness
- financial
- retirement
- family support
- continuing education
- time off benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
legal document preparationlitigation supportlegal researchproofreadingeditingcase managementeDiscovery procedureslegal citation verificationtrial preparationdata entry
Soft skills
written communicationoral communicationorganizational skillsattention to detailability to work under pressureindependencecoordinationproblem-solvinginterpersonal skillstime management
Certifications
paralegal certificateJDABA-accredited law school attendance