Senior Paralegal

 

CGS is seeking an experienced Senior Paralegal to join a fast-moving, extremely active in-house government legal team based in Milwaukee, WI.  This position is a key role related to supporting various aspects of the agency's litigation portfolio including eDiscovery activities, workflow management, and attorney support.

 

CGS brings motivated, highly skilled, and creative people together to solve the government’s most dynamic problems with cutting-edge technology. To carry out our mission, we are seeking candidates who are excited to contribute to government innovation, appreciate collaboration, and can anticipate the needs of others. Here at CGS, we offer an environment in which our employees feel supported, and we encourage professional growth through various learning opportunities.

 

Job Duties: 

 

• Prepares a variety of technical legal documents that are characteristically complex in format. Reviews 
incoming documents and material, considers the nature and the status of the case involved, and with 
limited instructions from AUSAs prepares, arrest warrants, summonses, true bills, motions, orders, non-disclosure applications and orders, stipulations, plea agreements, grand jury and trial subpoenas, and 
legal memoranda. 
• Assists litigation teams in preparation for trial by evaluating, assembling and organizing documents, data, 
exhibits and other evidence for grand jury presentations, hearings, trials, and witness interviews. Develop 
a plan to perform audio/video conversion and editing, manage PowerPoint presentations, PDF 
files/portfolios, spreadsheets, binders, exhibits, charts, witness lists and jury instructions. 
• Provides advanced automated litigation support and case management to AUSAs utilizing various 
software applications such as Relativity, Cellebrite, Axiom, eZManage, NetDocs, iPro Eclipse, Everlaw, 
CaseMap, TimeMap, Trial Director, USAfx (cloud storage interface), and SecureZip.

• Performs moderately complex specialized legal research to verify proper citations, statutory references, 
legislative intent, judicial precedents, and agency rules as related to assigned cases 
• Write preliminary drafts of simple legal memoranda and correspondence ensuring that they conform to 
local court rules and rules governing content, style and format. 
• Assist with incoming discovery and other requested information to determine whether the materials are 
responsive to the government’s request and in an appropriate format/platform. Screens for privileged 
documents and materials. Resolves identified issues. Communicate with litigation teams about status of 
discovery projects

• Compiles outgoing discovery in compliance with the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and in 
accordance with stipulations, criteria and/or court orders for court, depositions and hearings. 

• Use a variety of software applications to search and retrieve information necessary to complete assigned 
tasks: e.g., an internal case management database, files located on shared file network, and external 
sources such as court records. Synopsizes transcripts of hearings and oral arguments for attorney use. 
Ensures proper security is maintained over litigation support project materials. 
• Performs docketing duties which involve tracking case filings using the case management system. As 
necessary, perform searches, generate reports, and analyze data produced from the case management 
system to determine case status and reconcile inconsistencies. 
• Answers outside inquires not requiring legal interpretations. Exercises judgment and discretion in 
determining information provided to telephonic inquiries and visitors. 

 

• 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 related to the 
task order) is required. 
• At least one year of experience in automated litigation support. 
• 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, imaging, and 
hardware systems. 
• Role also requires hands-on familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and 
resources.

• Must be a United States Citizen and eligible to receive a Public Trust security clearance. 

 

 

 

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