Paralegal Specialist

Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys•Columbus, OH

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About The Position

The Paralegal Specialist joins the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio, supporting attorneys with investigations, litigation, and trial preparation. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as training and experience progress. Additional positions may be filled using this announcement.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship or nationality.
Meet the qualification requirements for the GS-7 or GS-9 level by specialized experience, education, or a combination of education and experience.
GS-7 specialized experience: Drafting routine legal documents and correspondence; assisting with discovery organization and production; supporting trial preparation and pretrial filings; reviewing legal documents and verifying citations and statutory references; and using computerized databases to organize case documents.
GS-7 education: One full year of progressively higher-level graduate education in a related field leading to a master's degree, or a bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement as defined in the announcement.
GS-7 combination: Qualifying graduate education and specialized experience may be combined to equal 100% of the requirements; only graduate education beyond the first full year may be counted in the combination.
GS-9 specialized experience: Paralegal or legal work demonstrating basic legal research knowledge and ability to interpret legal decisions, such as examining and organizing legal documents, researching and evaluating data, drafting legal documents, using filing systems, tracking discovery, and searching legal references and case files.
GS-9 education: A related master's or equivalent graduate degree, or two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree.
Graduate education must be at an accredited college or university and provide knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for the position.
Foreign education must be shown to be comparable to education from an accredited U.S. institution; supporting credential evaluation documentation must be provided, and documentation must be in English or include an English translation.
Register for Selective Service if applicable.
Satisfactorily complete pre-employment adjudication, including fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing; continued employment is subject to favorable background-investigation adjudication.
May be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
Meet all qualification requirements by the announcement closing date.

Responsibilities

Review and organize complex factual material and documentary data for investigations and trials.
Assist with drafting, reviewing, and filing criminal charging documents, plea agreements, and other litigation documents.
Process, prepare, and transmit discovery materials to opposing counsel, including Bates-stamping documents, preparing discovery letters, and maintaining discovery logs.
Research case law, statutes, regulations, court rules, policies, procedures, legal periodicals, and other legal authorities relevant to cases.
Prepare substantive legal documents, including grand jury and trial subpoenas, motions and proposed orders regarding continuances and sealing, correspondence, and documentation related to obtaining evidence or testimony.
Develop, enter, and track case materials in computer databases and other systems.
Assist attorneys in reviewing and analyzing evidence and data for sufficiency and accuracy.
Coordinate court hearings and grand jury schedules with court staff, attorneys, and other paralegals.
Prepare, develop, compile, or maintain jury instructions for trial.
Prepare trial exhibits involving a range of visual materials.
Provide litigation case management and organize cases for court presentation.
Provide administrative support to assigned attorneys.