• Paralegals will work conducting searches and analyzing result sets to separate non-responsive documents from responsive documents and screen responsive documents for privilege or FOIA exemptions.
• Redact and code responsive documents.
• Perform legal research.
• Draft legal documents.

Requirements

Requires paralegal certificate, or JD, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study.
At least one year of litigation paralegal experience is required; trial experience is very helpful.
Experience with Nuix Investigate, Relativity, and/or other eDiscovery and document review tools strongly desired.
Experience processing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
Demonstrated experience and knowledge of FOIA rules and regulations; applying exemptions
Must have basic legal knowledge, including knowledge of standard legal citation to cite check legal motions, and memorandum, and 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.
The ability to consistently deliver the highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
Ability to work independently
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Ability to obtain a government security clearance.
Two years experience using Nuix Investigate for document review and tagging preferred.
Two years experience in processing FOIA requests for Federal agencies is preferred.
Fluency in the statutory and regulatory guidelines to FOIA responses is preferred.

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Hard Skills

litigation paralegal experience
trial experience
legal research
redaction
coding documents
legal citation
FOIA processing
document review
eDiscovery
legal document drafting

Soft Skills

written communication
oral communication
ability to work independently
ability to work under pressure
attention to detail

Certifications & Qualifications

paralegal certificate
JD
ABA-accredited law school

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