Senior Litigation Paralegal

CACI International•Washington, DC

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Work with client attorneys and team members to support the DOJ Environment and Natural Resources Division, primarily on Fifth Amendment takings cases, especially Rails to Trails cases. This is a client-facing position supporting the DOJ Environment and Natural Resources division, primarily focused on the Rails to Trails takings liability and valuation trials.

Requirements

Must have a paralegal certificate. An equivalent level of legal training may be substituted with the approval of the COR.
Hands on familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of e-discovery procedures and resources.
At least two years of litigation paralegal experience required, including cite checking.
At least one year of experience in automated litigation support.
Experience in with Excel, Word, and similar Microsoft software packages
Requires sound working knowledge of federal and state court systems, frequent legal research, and a thorough knowledge of legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw.
Must have basic legal knowledge, including knowledge of standard legal citations (bluebook) to cite check legal motions and memorandum.
Requires excellent written and oral verbal 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.
Ability to consistently deliver high quality work under extreme pressure deadline will be very important.
Excellent organization skills.
All project related documents and notes must be maintained in organized systems, ready for use and/or production to opposing counsel.
DOJ MBI must be obtainable and U.S. citizenship is required

Nice To Haves

Experience as a Title Examiner or a background in real estate records (property law).
In-court trial support experience.
Experience with automated litigation support tools such as Relativity, Trial Director, OnCue, etc.
Experience working with expert witnesses.
Familiarity with GIS tools valued, e.g., ESRI mapping software
Ability to travel, generally no more than 10% of the time.

Responsibilities

Factual and legal research and analysis, including title and deed analysis, case law, statutes, and tax data; mapping or review of the same, identifying parcels on historical maps and assisting GIS contractors
Travel to NARA in College Park, MD, and potentially other sites to collect and analyze factual information from public resources
Obtain historical documents, maps, etc. from public sources
Assisting with brief drafting, cite checking, and generating tables
General research
Preparing drafts
Assisting attorneys with drafting correspondence, briefs, etc., deposition support, pre-trial and trial support, including identifying, preparing, tracking and presenting exhibits; preparing weekly and/or monthly summary reports detailing cases supported, tasks performed, and tasks planned, preparing case specific reports of research and analysis, attending case meetings, analyzing attorney fees submitted by opposing counsel, organizing the data in an Excel spreadsheet, using macros, and compiling or assisting in compiling objections to submissions on behalf of the United States.
Compiling, preparing, and summarizing relevant materials for use by attorneys in discovery and in preparation of motions, briefs and other legal documents; summarizing depositions and other transcripts; maintaining case files; performing moderately complex legal research; indexing, tracking and controlling document discovery (including documents produced and received in discovery); production of US discovery; indexing and tracking exhibits and other materials at depositions and at trial; synopsizing transcripts of hearings and oral arguments for attorney use; reviewing case related materials and, for example, identifying potentially conflicting statements or areas requiring further investigation; preparing exhibit cross-references; assisting attorneys in courtroom; reviewing documents for relevance and privilege according to established guidelines and criteria.
Maintaining files in order to provide written and/or verbal testimony regarding the research performed and conclusions reached in the performance of the above tasks.
Travel may be required within the United States.