Senior Paralegal

CACI International•Washington, DC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

CACI is seeking a Senior Paralegal (Legal Assistant II) to support the Department of Justice’s mission, specifically within the Department’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit. This critical role involves working on high-profile cases in an office setting, focusing on litigation support and preparation for upcoming trials. The position requires providing case management and database maintenance assistance, performing moderately complex research, and detailed data analysis using automated litigation support and eDiscovery tools like Relativity. This role offers exposure to fast-paced, high-profile, and impactful individual and corporate cases globally, assisting federal prosecutors in combating foreign bribery and corruption. It is an opportunity for advancement for individuals with prior litigation support experience, including support for witness interviews, deposition preparation, and in-courtroom trial support. Senior Paralegals may also serve as team leads, providing oversight to other Paralegal positions. CACI is committed to growing its eDiscovery workforce and offers tuition reimbursement for Relativity certifications, ACEDS certification, and Senior Paralegal Certificates.

Requirements

Fluency in Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, French, Arabic, Hindi, Italian, German, or Dutch.
Ability to read and understand documents in one of the referenced languages and summarize the contents.
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; or equivalent experience.
At least one year of experience in automated litigation support.
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.
Technological proficiency in Microsoft Suites (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Understanding on how electronically stored information (computer files) work within an operating system.
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.
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.
Serve as team lead to review and provide oversight to Paralegal positions.