FOIA Paralegal: Government Litigation & eDiscovery

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services); Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision

Life Insurance

401k

FSA (Health, Dependent Care, Commuter)

PTO and holidays

Job summary

CGS (Contact Government Services) seeks a FOIA Paralegal to support a large federal agency's legal mission. You will perform legal review and FOIA request processing, with duties in document screening, redaction, and drafting legal documents.

Strong eDiscovery tools experience and FOIA knowledge are essential. Ideal candidates will have paralegal certificate or JD status, at least one year in litigation paralegal work, and familiarity with Lexis/Westlaw.

Qualifications

• Paralegal certificate, or JD, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study
• At least one year of litigation paralegal experience is required; trial experience is very helpful
• Experience with Nuix Investigate, Relativity, and/or other eDiscovery and document review tools strongly desired
• Experience processing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of FOIA rules and regulations; applying exemptions
• Must have basic legal knowledge, including knowledge of standard legal citation to cite check legal motions, and memorandum, and must have sufficient experience with legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw to perform basic legal research
• Requires 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

Responsibilities

• Conduct searches and analyze result sets to separate non-responsive documents from responsive documents and screen responsive documents for privilege or FOIA exemptions
• Redact and code responsive documents
• Perform legal research
• Draft legal documents
• Ensure compliance with FOIA procedures and security clearance requirements

Skills

Legal research

Written & verbal communication

Independent work

Education

Paralegal certificate or JD

ABA-accredited law school (1 year completed)

Tools

Nuix Investigate

Relativity

eDiscovery tools

Job description

CGS (Contact Government Services) seeks a FOIA Paralegal to support a large federal agency's legal mission. You will perform legal review and FOIA request processing, with duties in document screening, redaction, and drafting legal documents.

Strong eDiscovery tools experience and FOIA knowledge are essential. Ideal candidates will have paralegal certificate or JD status, at least one year in litigation paralegal work, and familiarity with Lexis/Westlaw.