Senior Paralegal

CACI International•Washington, DC

36d•$32•Onsite

About The Position

CACI is seeking a Senior Paralegal (Legal Assistant II) to support the Department of Justice’s mission. This position plays a critical role and involves working on high-profile cases. We are looking for candidates who are able to work in an office setting. Senior Paralegal duties focus on litigation support and preparation for upcoming trials. This is an opportunity for you to provide case management and database maintenance assistance in a litigation support capacity. This role provides individuals with increasingly more customer interaction and increased responsibility in the development of case support including performing moderately complex research and detailed data analysis using automated litigation support and eDiscovery tools and resources (Relativity). You will also be exposed to fast-paced, high-profile, and impactful individual and corporate cases that span the globe. The Senior Paralegal (Legal Assistant II) role is an excellent opportunity for advancement for someone with prior litigation support experience to assist federal prosecutors supporting the Department’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit, a specialized group of prosecutors who work to combat foreign bribery and corruption. You’ll work in a fast-paced setting and assist in the investigation and prosecution of various matters to enforce the laws of the United States, up to and including support assistance for witness interviews, deposition preparation, and in-courtroom trial support. You may also serve as team lead to review and provide oversight to Paralegal positions, to add supervisory skills to further your career potential. CACI is committed to growing our eDiscovery workforce and has included tuition reimbursement for Relativity certifications, the ACEDS certification and Senior Paralegal Certificates! This is a great opportunity to grow your career. Please apply if you are interested in hearing more!

Requirements

Fluency in Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, French, Arabic, Hindi, Italian, German, or Dutch.
The ability to read and understand the documents in one of the referenced languages and summarize the contents. No heavy translation or interpretation will be required.
Four-year college degree.
Paralegal certificate or an equivalent level of legal training or experience.
At least two years of litigation paralegal experience or project experience (including internships) related to business, finance or accounting, project or document management, policy, research, government staffing, publishing; or equivalent experience.
At least one year of experience in automated litigation support.
Requires excellent written and oral 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.
Requires technological proficiency in Microsoft Suites (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Must have an understanding on how electronically stored information (computer files) work within an operating system including experience effectively managing, organizing, and analyzing digital files and folders.
Transferable skills related to Electronically Stored Information (ESI) tools and eDiscovery procedures and resources.
Ability to consistently deliver highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important.
DOJ MBI must be obtainable (US Citizenship required).

Nice To Haves

Automated litigation support experience.
Document review and Relativity experience.

Responsibilities

Indexes, tracks and controls document discovery (including documents produced and received in discovery).
Compiles, prepares, and summarizes relevant materials for use by attorneys in discovery and in preparation of motions, briefs and other legal documents.
Summarizes depositions and other transcripts; maintains case files and performs simple legal research.
Indexes and tracks exhibit and other material at depositions and at trial.
Prepares exhibit cross-references.
Assists attorneys in courtroom.
Reviews documents for relevance and privilege according to established guidelines and criteria.
Compilation of documents for FOIA, production requests, Congressional inquiries, etc.