Contract Paralegal

Job Description

Job Description

A Federal Agency in Baltimore, MD is seeking paralegal support to provide support on a variety of legal and technical work requiring a specialized knowledge of processes, procedures, and practices to support legal activities. This is a 6-month contract to hire opportunity with a Federal Vendor, and will offer full-time, 40 hours per week hours on site.

Responsibilities :

Provides litigative case management and organizes cases for court presentation by preparing and organizing exhibits containing a variety of visual material, e.g., statistical charts and photographs. Annotate deficiencies in case materials, e.g., missing documents,

conflicting statements, and request further investigation by investigative personnel to correct deficiencies.

Serves as contact person for assigned cases and provides information and assistance concerning status or relevant procedural issues.

Compiles, organizes, and indexes various discovery and evidence exhibits for trial, witness testimony as it relates to specific criminal charge evidence. Works closely with assigned attorney(s) to ensure material is efficiently arranged.

Produces and provides to the attorney the appropriate legal documents, information, exhibits, or witnesses at the appropriate time during those court proceedings.

Prepares and coordinates exhibits for trial which typically involves a wide range of visual materials including charts, diagrams, photographs, and models. Depending on the nature and complexity of the case, personally prepares trial exhibits, or initiates preparation by other appropriate staff or contractors to ensure timely production prior to the trial date.

Maintains accounting systems for materials to be used as exhibits in grand jury proceedings and trials, prepares lists and tables to correlate the exhibits with grand jury transcripts, and keeps a strict account of the exhibits used in such proceedings.

Performs a variety of administrative duties in support of the assigned AUSAs, which typically involves automation support or other administrative subject matter areas.

Using established databases, performs data searches, report design, and other data retrieval assignments.

Opens, maintains, and closes case files to include receiving newly opened case files and taking necessary measures to notify the proper client agency of service and to obtain litigation report and / or other needed case information.

Establishes and updates database to track receipt of cases, upcoming deadlines, and other case information. Keeps attorneys and appropriate staff members informed of the status of cases.

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.

Additionally, 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 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.

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.