Legal Administrative Specialist

Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys•Las Vegas, NV

About The Position

This position is within the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Nevada. The selected individual will join a legal support team responsible for providing a variety of legal, administrative, and technical support services. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as training and experience progress.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication, including fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing.
Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
May be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
Must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.
To be eligible at the GS-09 level, must meet at least ONE of the following conditions: Specialized Experience, Education, OR a combination of Education and Experience.
Specialized Experience: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level, including managing incoming discovery, performing general administrative support duties, providing technical assistance to litigation teams, utilizing office automation tools for trial presentations, and conducting factual legal research.
Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in a closely related field (e.g., Criminal Justice, Law, Information Technology).
Combining Education and Experience: Graduate education in excess of 1 full year can be combined with specialized experience to meet total qualification requirements.
ICTAP eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees may receive selection priority.
CTAP eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice may receive selection priority.
VEOA eligible veterans may apply and compete for positions announced under merit promotion procedures.
Must specify in the online questionnaire under what authority you wish to be considered and submit appropriate documentation to verify eligibility for non-competitive appointments (e.g., persons with disabilities, certain veterans, etc.).
All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a U.S. accredited college or university or have foreign education evaluated for comparability.
All documentation must be in English or include an English translation.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Discovery, Everlaw, Case View, Adobe, Excel, PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

Managing, organizing, reviewing, and summarizing incoming and outgoing discovery in electronic or other formats in compliance with the Federal Rules of Criminal and/or Civil Procedure.
Handling a wide variety of evidence and Discovery, organizing, preparing, routing electronic discovery, discovery redactions and webcam redactions.
Using various software applications and technologies, such as Discovery, Everlaw, Case View, Adobe, Excel, PowerPoint, etc., to collect, organize, analyze, and present information.
Conducting factual research and non-complex research of legislation, statutes, regulations, and court cases.
Cite-checking legal briefs and proofreading memoranda and other legal documents.
Preparing draft pleadings, stipulations, motions, tables of authorities, tables of contents, and other legal documents.
Providing administrative support for assigned cases, including entering information into case management systems, maintaining calendars and logging of assigned active cases, and managing case-related and discovery documents.