Job Description
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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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