Senior Paralegal - Knoxville

CACI•Knoxville, TN

27d•$26

About The Position

The Senior Paralegal provides direct legal support to the Affirmative Civil Enforcement (ACE) Unit. The USAO’s ACE program focuses primarily on recovering federal funds lost to fraud or other misconduct and pursuing civil relief for violations of federal law, including health, safety, civil rights, and environmental laws. The role supports investigations, pre-litigation work, case management, and litigation and trial preparation, while also providing administrative and automated litigation support to AUSA staff.

Requirements

Paralegal certificate, JD, current enrollment in an ABA-accredited law school with at least one year of study completed, equivalent legal training or experience, or equivalent education.
At least two years of litigation paralegal experience or project experience related to the task order.
At least one year of experience in automated litigation support.
Sound working knowledge of the federal and state court systems, legal research procedures, and legal research.

Responsibilities

Seek and locate information to support ACE investigations and litigation by communicating with law enforcement, government officials, witnesses, and counsel.
Independently or with limited guidance collect, review, and organize incoming materials for use in legal documents, including complaints, motions, orders, answers, pleadings, and subpoenas.
Review, annotate, and summarize transcripts, reports, files, and other evidence.
Assist attorneys throughout pre-litigation investigations, including witness interviews and complex research such as analyzing relevant claims data.
Assist with financial analyses and investigations of individuals and organizations to help AUSAs assess their ability to satisfy a judgment or settlement.
Analyze and summarize health care billing and treatment records for attorneys.
Work with large data sets in Microsoft Excel using functions such as SUM, IF, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, and pivot tables.
Assist with document review and maintain case files using Relativity, Everlaw, and similar ESI/eDiscovery platforms.
Draft correspondence, pleadings, discovery requests, applications, and affidavits from templates for AUSA review, following applicable style and format rules.
Provide litigation and trial support, including compiling case summary binders, trial notebooks, witness and exhibit lists, and jury instructions.
Coordinate with the victim/witness specialist to follow current Departmental guidelines for victims’ rights and services responsibilities.
Develop tables of contents and indices for briefs, and list cited cases and other references in established formats.
Prepare preliminary drafts of administrative letters, such as transmittals and extension requests, that require knowledge of legal procedures but not legal interpretation.
Conduct moderately complex legal research using Westlaw, LexisNexis, PACER, CLEAR, and Accurint, and verify citations and statutory references.
Provide direct clerical and administrative support to AUSA staff.
Establish and maintain physical and digital files, search reference files for interviews, and prepare materials for disposition or transfer to records depositories.
Perform docketing duties, including opening, updating, and closing cases in the automated case tracking system.
Maintain AUSA calendars and track filing deadlines, hearings, conferences, and court appearances through a suspense system.
Provide automated litigation support using scanners, plotters, and graphics software to create charts, visual materials, and enlarged exhibits for depositions and courtroom presentations.