Legal Administrative Specialist (Litigation Support)

US-Executive-Office-For-U.S.-Attorneys-and-the-Office-of-the-U.S.-Attorneys-; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 56,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

The United States Attorney's Office for the District of South Carolina is seeking candidates for a GS-09 level position. The role focuses on specialized discovery work, electronic document handling, and support to legal teams in federal matters.

Applicants should have relevant experience and/or graduate-level education as described in the qualifications. The position emphasizes professional, detail-oriented work with electronic case materials and secure communications, within a federal agency

Qualifications

• Specialized experience equivalent to GS-07 with duties in discovery and litigation support.
• Experience organizing and tracking electronically stored information used in discovery.
• Experience creating, reviewing and tagging electronic documents and case materials.
• Strong understanding of secure transmission and quality-control practices in electronic productions.

Responsibilities

• Process, organize, and track electronic information for discovery and attorney review.
• Create and maintain electronic documents; code, tag, search, sort, filter, and redact materials.
• Prepare electronic discovery productions and perform quality-control checks.
• Provide basic technical support to legal case teams and litigation software.

Skills

eDiscovery processing

Document management

Production prep

Education

Graduate degree or JD

Job description

The United States Attorney's Office for South Carolina's mission is to investigate, prosecute and deter violations of federal statutes, enforce and represent the interests of the United States in civil litigation, uphold civil, constitutional and victims' rights, and foster partnerships with other federal, state and local government agencies and community groups.

This position is also being announced to applicants under Merit Staffing procedures under 26-SC-13047271-MP.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required specialized experience and/or education for the respective grade level in which you are applying:

To qualify at the GS-09 level, you must possess:

Specialized Experience:

At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors) performing (3) of the (4) duties listed below:

• Processing, organizing, and tracking electronically stored information for discovery, attorney review, or other litigation activities.
• Creating and maintaining electronic documents, reviewing databases and using basic functions such as coding, tagging, searching, sorting, filtering, and redacting case materials.
• Preparing electronic discovery productions, performing quality-control checks, and securely transmitting case information in accordance with established procedures.
• Providing basic technical support to legal case teams, including assisting with litigation software, electronic exhibits, project tracking, and courtroom presentation equipment.

OR Education:

Two (2) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree; OR LL. B or J.D., in a related field of study to the position (e.g., Paralegal Studies, Political Science, Law, Criminal Justice, Forensic Studies). Education at the graduate level must be in an accredited college or university and must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the duties of the position.

OR Combination of Experience and Education:

Graduate level education can be used if, when combined, are equivalent to 100% of the qualification requirement. Only graduate level education in excess of the first full year can be used in this calculation. To calculate your percentage of graduate education, first determine the total number of graduate level hours that exceed 18 semester hours (or your school's definition of one year of graduate study), then divide the total number of your excess graduate semester hours by 18 (or your school's definition of one year of graduate study). To calculate your percentage of specialized experience, divide the total number of months of qualifying experience by 12. Now, add the two percentages together. The sum of the percentages must equal at least 100%.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.