Senior Paralegal
CGS Federal (Contact Government Services)
Paralegal
CGS Federal (Contact Government Services)
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: New York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $50,000 - $60,000 per year
Job Level
Junior
About the role
- 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.
Requirements
- Requires 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 (as related to the task order) is required; trial experience very helpful.
- Automated litigation support experience valued.
- Must have basic legal knowledge, including knowledge of standard legal citation to cite check legal motions and memorandum.
- Must have sufficient experience with legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw to perform basic legal research.
- Requires excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Thorough knowledge and 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.
- Basic familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources.
- Ability to consistently deliver highest quality work under extreme pressure.
Benefits
- Health, Dental, and Vision
- Life Insurance
- 401k
- Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
- Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
litigation supportlegal document draftingcourt filinggarnishments preparationlegal researchcase file managementdiscovery document preparationtrial preparationlegal citationeDiscovery procedures
Soft skills
written communicationoral communicationorganizational skillsattention to detailability to work under pressure
Certifications
paralegal certificateJDABA-accredited law school