Federal Litigation Paralegal – ESI & Discovery

CACI International Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

CACI International Inc. seeks a Paralegal (Legal Assistant I) to support the Department of Justice, focusing on litigation support and trial preparation within a fast-paced office setting.

The role includes case management, eDiscovery tooling, and witness preparation assistance. Join a team assisting federal prosecutors in the Market, Government Consumer Fraud Unit, with opportunities for Relativity certification and related training.

Qualifications

• Requires paralegal certificate, or a four-year college degree.
• At least one year of litigation paralegal experience or project experience (including internships) related to business, finance or accounting, project or document management, policy, research, government staffing, publishing; or equivalent experience.
• 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.
• Requires technological proficiency in Microsoft Suites (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Must have an understanding on how electronically stored information (computer files) work within an operating system including 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 will be very important.
• DOJ MBI must be obtainable (US Citizenship required).

Responsibilities

• Compiles, prepares, and summarizes relevant materials for use by attorneys in discovery and in preparation of motions, briefs and other legal documents.
• Summarizes depositions; maintains case files and performs simple legal research.
• Indexes, tracks and controls document discovery (including documents produced and received in discovery).
• Indexes and tracks exhibits 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.
• Other examples of work include compilation of documents for FOIA, production requests, Congressional inquiries, etc.

Skills

Litigation support

Document management

Communication skills

Education

Paralegal certificate

Four-year college degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Relativity

Job description

CACI International Inc. seeks a Paralegal (Legal Assistant I) to support the Department of Justice, focusing on litigation support and trial preparation within a fast-paced office setting.

The role includes case management, eDiscovery tooling, and witness preparation assistance. Join a team assisting federal prosecutors in the Market, Government Consumer Fraud Unit, with opportunities for Relativity certification and related training.