Senior Paralegal

Amentum is seeking a Senior Paralegal to join our team supporting a new team at the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington, DC. This position is expected to work full-time onsite in Washington, DC. This position reports to a Supervisory Paralegal, or Project Manager. Position Description: Works under the direction of a Supervisory Paralegal or a Project Supervisor. Work products are reviewed prior to submission; however, often develops these products with minimal direct supervision other than written guidelines. In addition to functions performed by Paralegals, described below, performs moderately complex legal research; synopsizes transcripts of hearings and oral arguments for attorney use; reviews case related materials and, for example, identifies potentially conflicting statements or areas requiring further investigation; writes preliminary drafts of simple legal memoranda and correspondence. Contact mostly with other Contractor staff, but occasional contact with trial staff may be required. Responsibilities/Duties. - Performs detailed indexing of case files; drafting procedures for accomplishing litigation support assignments; document acquisition related tasks; screening for privilege documents; and conducting database searches - Composes written documents in a concise and logical manner, - Proofreads and edits written documents - Reviews audio files for relevance and update databases with findings - Prepares witnesses, exhibits and other evidence binders - Receives and track discovery items - Communicates with other DOJ components, Federal agencies and others as required during investigations and litigation - 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; performs simple legal research; indexes, tracks and controls document discovery (including documents produced and received in discovery) - Perform trial preparation tasks to include copying, document review, document organization, bates stamping, legal research and searching documents in Concordance/Summation - During trial, assist with documents and indexes, tracks exhibits and other materials at depositions - Utilize electronic and evidence management and discovery production processes and tools, such as Relativity, Casemap and Oncue, to support investigations - Performs detailed reviews and analysis of case materials, which includes financial records, health care materials, and other litigation files - Performs detailed indexing of case files; drafting procedures for accomplishing litigation support assignments; document acquisition related tasks; screening for privilege documents; and conducting database searches - Proofreads and edits written documents - Reviews audio files for relevance and update databases with findings; - Prepares witnesses, exhibits and other evidence binders - Receives and track discovery items - Utilizes electronic and evidence management and discovery production processes and tools, such as Relativity, Casemap and Oncue, to support investigations - Searches the Relativity database per criteria developed by case team management - Reviews search result sets for relevance based on written criteria - Responds to citizen and congressional correspondence; - Responds to citizen phone calls - Utilize electronic and evidence management and discovery production processes and tools, such as Relativity, Casemap and Sanction, to support investigations - Required to travel up to 50% of the time to aid with trial preparation Qualifications. - Requires paralegal certificate, or JD, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study, or an equivalent level of legal training or experience; or an equivalent level of education may be substituted - Additionally, at least two years of litigation paralegal experience or project experience (as…