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Job Title: Sr. Paralegal

Location: Washington, DC 20002 (fully onsite)

Job Duration: 3-4 month contract with 1 year renewal

Primary Skills:

• At least two years of litigation paralegal experience or project experience (as related to the task order) trial experience very helpful.
• Experience (1+) in automated litigation support .
• 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.
• Requires sound working knowledge of federal and state court system, legal research procedures, and legal research resources.
• Role also requires hands-on familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources.
• Public Trust Clearance required (current or recent public trust through federal contract employment)
• Ability to consistently deliver highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important

Preferred Experience:

• Trial experience very helpful
• Candidates eligible for reciprocity (e.g. currently cleared with a T2 Public Trust or above, or recently cleared as a contractor/fed)

Responsibilities:

• Works under the direction of a Supervisory Paralegal or a Project Supervisor. Work products are reviewed prior to submission; however, often develops these products with minimal direct supervision other than written guidelines.
• In addition to functions performed by Paralegals, described below, performs moderately complex legal research; synopsizes transcripts of hearings and oral arguments for attorney use; reviews case related materials and, for example, identifies potentially conflicting statements or areas requiring further investigation; writes preliminary drafts of simple legal memoranda and correspondence. Contact mostly with other Contractor staff, but occasional contact with trial staff may be required.
• In addition to the responsibilities above:
• Trial prep:
• Reviewing medical records and deposition transcripts
• Coordinating and assisting with printing of exhibits, transcripts, and court submissions
• Assisting with exhibits
• Pulling docs from Relativity
• Labeling with exhibit stickers
• Loading to Trial Director or a similar program
• Maintaining spreadsheets
• Printing and creating both binders and manilla folders for Court
• Producing exhibits to Plaintiffs via JEFS/Box.com
• Retrieving Plaintiffs’ exhibits, saving to T-drive, and logging for [CLIENT] team
• Assisting with demonstratives
• Making travel arrangements, including booking hotels and war room
• Trial:
• Traveling to Hawaii for some of the fast-track or more full-blown trials
• Projecting exhibits via trial director and courtroom AV system
• Assisting with and escorting U.S. witnesses to/from the courtroom
• Shipping binders, printers, supplies, etc.
• Prepping daily binders for judge and opposing counsel
• Printing copies of briefs, objections, and other items on site for submission to the Court
• Settlement-related tasks:
• Reviewing and tracking incoming settlement acceptances (we have a system in place)
• Identifying deficiencies in settlement responses in accordance with team-provided guidelines
• Reconciling variations in responses from opposing counsel and plaintiffs
• Tracking statistics to provide to [CLIENT] Division leadership
• Other case-related tasks:
• Preparing discovery for production in other ongoing [CLIENT] litigation
• Requesting records from Plaintiffs’ medical providers, employers, and schools and identifying deficiencies
• Coordinating deposition, hearing, and trial needs and obtaining approval from [CLIENT] leadership as necessary

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s Degree or relevant experience.

Please respond at the earliest to speed up the interview process. I will contact you if I need further details.

A SAICON COMPANY

Amit Bundele

Technical Recruiter

Phone : 669-319-4167

Email : amitb@saicongroup.com

San Jose, California

a Saicon Consultants, Inc. Company

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