Hmong Document Reviewer with Security Clearance

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services); Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dep

Paid Time Off and Observance of State

Job summary

CGS seeks a mid-level Hmong Chinese Language Document Reviewer to join its fast-paced in-house legal team in Baltimore, MD. The role focuses on researching, drafting, and processing a wide range of legal documents and post-conviction materials under tight deadlines.

Strong English writing skills, familiarity with federal and state court procedures, and experience with LEXIS/Westlaw are preferred. The position offers competitive pay and comprehensive benefits supporting professional growth.

Qualifications

• Three to five years of progressively responsible experience on litigation support projects.
• Sound working knowledge of federal and state court systems, legal research procedures, and legal research resources.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and thorough knowledge of legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw.
• Hands-on familiarity with a variety of computer applications, including word processing, databases, spreadsheets, and imaging.
• Role also requires hands-on familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources.
• Law Degree

Responsibilities

• Conduct research and draft responses for post-conviction motions.
• Draft memorandums on questions of law for direct appeals and pretrial motions in criminal cases.
• Examine, prepare, and process a wide variety of technical legal documents.
• Review incoming materials and determine need for assembling and preparing legal documents (motions, orders, etc.).
• Obtain information from case files and agencies and submit completed documents for review.
• Prepare legal actions such as indictments, complaints, warrants, judgments, and subpoenas.
• Ensure legal documents conform to rules of style and format.
• Assist client attorneys in preparing trial notebooks and jury instructions.
• Prepare discovery for plaintiffs and/or defendants per governing rules.
• Verify citations using original sources and ensure accuracy with Lexis/Westlaw.
• Compose original letters requiring legal knowledge but not interpretation.
• Produce a variety of documents using office software.
• Establish and maintain client files and arrange records for disposition or transfer.

Skills

Litigation support

Legal research

Communication skills

Legal writing

Education

Law Degree

Tools

LEXIS

Westlaw

Word processing

Document review systems

Job description

Hmong Chinese Language Document Reviewer

Employment Type: Full Time, Mid-Level Department: Legal

CGS is seeking an experienced Hmong Chinese Reviewer to join a fast paced and extremely active in-house legal team. CGS brings motivated, highly skilled, and creative people together to solve government’s most dynamic problems with cutting edge technology. To carry out our mission, we are seeking candidates that 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.

Skills and Attributes for Success:

• Conduct research and draft responses for a variety of post-conviction motions
• Conduct research and draft memorandums on questions of law for direct appeals pending before the court and pretrial motions for criminal cases pending at the Federal Court.
• Examines, prepares, and processes a wide variety of technical legal documents that are characteristically voluminous and complex in format.
• Reviews incoming materials and determines the need for assembly and preparation of a variety of legal documents, e.g., motions, orders, answers, pleadings, subpoenas, etc.
• Obtains needed information from case files, law enforcement agencies, civil client agencies, or other sources, and submits completed legal documents to the appropriate client assistant attorney for review and approval.
• Prepares such legal actions as indictments, complaints, search warrants, judgments, applications, notices, affidavits, summonses, subpoenas, rules to show cause, proofs of claim, motions for summary judgment, dismissals, satisfactions of judgment, etc.
• Ensures legal documents are in conformance with rules governing style and format;
• Provides assistance to client attorneys in preparing trial notebooks, assembling jury instructions, compiling witness and exhibit lists.
• Prepares discovery for plaintiffs and/or defendants in accordance with governing rules and regulations and with the approval of the assigned attorneys.
• Uses original and online legal resources to verify citations and statutory references contained in legal documents and to ensure citations are complete and consistent with source material;
• Composes original letters not requiring legal interpretations, but that require a good working knowledge of legal and administrative procedures and terminology;
• Produces a variety of written documents and materials utilizing a wide range of office software applications;
• Establishes and maintains a variety of files for client assistant attorneys. Searches legal reference files for information needed by client assistant attorneys in conducting interviews and preparing correspondence. Assemble exhibits, affidavits, and other legal documents from file material. Assembles and organizes files and records material for disposition or transfer to records depositories in accordance with established procedures; and
• Produces a variety of written documents and materials utilizing a wide range of office software applications. For example, assignments may include integrating output from different software types, e.g., tables produced by database applications and charts and graphs produced by electronic spreadsheet applications, into word processing or desktop publishing text.

Qualifications:

• Must have three to five years of progressively more responsible experience on litigation support projects including proven capabilities and communication skills to successfully interact with clients and attorneys.
• Requires sound working knowledge of federal and state court systems, 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.
• Role also requires hands-on familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources.
• Requires Law Degree

Our Commitment:

Contact Government Services (CGS) strives to simplify and enhance government bureaucracy through the optimization of human, technical, and financial resources. We combine cutting edge technology with world-class personnel to deliver customized solutions that fit our clients’ specific needs. We are committed to solving the most challenging and dynamic problems. For the past seven years we’ve been growing our government-contracting portfolio, and along the way we’ve created valuable partnerships by demonstrating a commitment to honesty, professionalism, and quality work. Here at CGS we value honesty through hard work and self-awareness, professionalism in all we do, and to deliver the best quality to our consumers mending those relations for years to come. We care about our employees.

Benefits:

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays

Contact Government Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Join our team and become part of meaningful government innovation! Explore additional job opportunities with CGS on our Job Board: https://cgsfederal.com/join-our-team/ For more information about CGS please visit: https://www.cgsfederal.com or contact: Email: #CJ $60 - $75 an hour

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.