Paralegal

• Provide litigation and administrative support to a group of United States Attorneys.
• Collect court ordered restitutions and fines of criminal and civil defendants.
• Draft legal documents and file legal documents using the Electronic Court Filing system (ECF).
• Prepare garnishments, liens, and other legal process documents for collection.
• Send demand letters, file liens, run credit reports, prepare and submit subpoenas.
• Manage and track collection activity in an internal database and coordinate with AUSAs in the Monetary Penalties Unit (MPU).
• Complete fact research in public information databases and other research databases to gather information and identify assets.
• Prepare legal documents using templates, including motions, memoranda, subpoenas, correspondence, and discovery documents.
• Ensure recurring legal documents conform with style and format rules.
• Perform routine document center support functions (photocopying, assembling notebooks, tabbing, binding, labeling, refiling, packing and preparing boxes for shipment, bate stamping, retrieving case materials, logging).
• Provide trial preparation assistance by compiling trial notebooks, preparing jury instructions, drafting witness and exhibit lists.
• Open and close case files, organize case files, and record material for disposition or storage.
• Maintain calendars of active cases and assigned AUSAs, schedule appointments, interviews, conferences, and provide reminders of commitments and court appearances.
• Assist AUSAs in producing discovery to defense counsel and maintain case material using databases, spreadsheets, and word processing applications.
• Sort incoming mail and prepare outgoing mail including packaging boxes for shipment.
• Complete travel arrangements and travel-related paperwork in accordance with Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) and Department of Justice (DOJ) policies.

Paralegal

Senior Paralegal