Supervisory Paralegal

Leidos is seeking a **Supervisory Paralegal** to work on-site in support of the Department of Justice in Washington, DC. Be one of the first to dedicate your skills and talent to a newly formed division of the Department of Justice, National Fraud Enforcement Division. **Primary Responsibilities:** - Directs and supervises the work of paralegals and other support staff, particularly on major paralegal support efforts, such as large legal research projects or major in-courtroom support. - Monitors work and reports on progress. - Responsible for ensuring that paralegal and support staff work meets contract and attorney requirements and is delivered on time. - Potential travel up to 50% of the time to aid with trial preparation - 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 - As required, serves as "team leader" for a group of legal professionals - Reviews audio files for relevance and update databases with findings - Communicates with other DOJ components, Federal agencies and others as required during investigations and litigation - Utilizes Excel spreadsheets to track information and analyze case statistics - Perform trial preparation tasks to include copying, document review, document organization, bates stamping, legal research and searching documents in Concordance/Summation - Utilize 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 - Codes relevant documents per existing protocol - Troubleshoots and performs quality control spot-checks. - Must be able to formulate administrative and technical procedures for getting the work done. - Reports to Project Supervisor or Project Manager; may also have significant contact with COR, Government Case Manager, trial attorneys and staff, client agency staff, and opposing counsel. - Performs complex legal and factual research. - Designs and develops systems and procedures for tracking, controlling, and managing case files, exhibits, and other case-specific materials. - Assists trial staff in coordination with expert witnesses and litigation consultants. - Arranges for access to appropriate DOJ libraries and other legal research facilities. - Coordinates with other Contractor support components, including data processing support staff, in order to accomplish work. **Basic Qualifications:** - Requires paralegal certificate or JD. - Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) and 4+ years of litigation paralegal experience, including trial experience. - At least one year of experience in automated litigation support. - Must have supervisory experience, including proven capabilities and communication skills to successfully interact with clients and attorneys. - Requires sound working knowledge of federal and state court system, legal research procedures, and legal research resources. - Requires excellent written and oral communication skills and thorough knowledge of legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw. - Must have hands-on familiarity with a variety of computer applications, including word processing, databases (such as document review and file management systems), spreadsheets, and imaging. - Ability to consistently deliver highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important. - Must be a US Citizen and able to obtain a Public Trust clearance. **Desired Qualifications** - Familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources. **Please note:** while the salary range is wide, the specific salary r…