Paralegal Jobs in Las Vegas, NV

About The Position

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship or nationality.
• Meet the qualification requirements through one of the stated routes: qualifying specialized experience, qualifying education, or a combination of experience and education.
• For the specialized-experience route, at least one full year of experience equivalent to GS-7 performing paralegal or legal work that demonstrates basic legal research knowledge and the ability to interpret legal decisions.
• For the education route, a J.D. or LL.B.; a master's or equivalent graduate degree or higher; or two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree.
• A combination of qualifying specialized experience and graduate education may be used when it equals 100% of the requirements; only graduate education beyond one full year is creditable.
• Meet all qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days after the announcement closing date and before placement.
• Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the announcement closing date.
• Satisfactory pre-employment adjudication, including fingerprint, credit, and tax checks, and drug testing; continued employment is subject to favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
• Register for Selective Service if applicable.
• May be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
• Academic degrees and coursework must be from an accredited or pre-accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education; foreign education must be shown to be comparable to U.S. accredited education, with required supporting documentation and English translations.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct legal support to attorneys and backup support to other team members, including docketing, calendaring, correspondence, proofreading, mailing, document management, and other administrative duties.
• Draft legal documents for attorney review, including pleadings, motions, memoranda, briefs, summonses, deposition notices, and stipulations.
• Obtain records, including drafting subpoenas, following up with subpoenaed parties, and drafting correspondence and legal pleadings related to subpoena enforcement.
• Prepare and maintain litigation documents such as witness lists, exhibit lists, jury instructions, and subpoenas consistent with federal and local procedural rules and federal rules of evidence.
• Review investigative reports, testimony, interviews, files, and documents in civil cases to understand issues and identify pertinent material.
• Prepare and organize evidence for discovery production and trial use.
• Develop cases through legal and factual research, compiling and analyzing case information, and assisting attorneys in reviewing and obtaining evidence and other relevant data.
• Participate in pretrial witness interviews and identify and address deficiencies in case materials.

Benefits

• Paid vacation
• Sick leave
• Holidays
• Telework
• Life insurance
• Health benefits
• Participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System
• Relocation expenses may be authorized under applicable regulations
• Recruitment or relocation incentive may be considered based on qualifications