Onsite TS Discovery Paralegal - eDiscovery & Privilege

Evolver; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Evolver is a cybersecurity and digital transformation company supporting national defense, federal civilian agencies, and Fortune 500 organizations. This Discovery Paralegal position requires an Active TS Clearance and to work onsite 5 days a week in Washington, DC.

Responsibilities include analyzing requests, locating responsive material, preparing declarations, performing privilege reviews, and coordinating with FBI and DMS teams to ensure timely, accurate document production.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret Clearance.
• Two years of paralegal experience
• Two years' experience discovery/e-discovery
• One year of experience performing privilege and other substantive reviews on litigation support projects.
• One year of experience reviewing electronic and paper materials for privilege on litigation support projects.
• One year of experience using an eDiscovery review platform (e.g., Clearwell, Relativity) to identify and redact privileged information.
• One year of experience researching and drafting responses to interrogatories.
• One year of experience obtaining documents for document collection and production.
• One year of experience communicating and driving litigation projects forward with clients and/or attorneys.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and interpret requests from customers
• Research, locate, and gather material responsive to DMS requests including conducting outreach and informal interviews
• Assist in preparation of declarations
• Scan paper materials to save as an image file (e.g., .PDF)
• Conduct responsiveness reviews of both ESI and paper materials
• Conduct legal privilege reviews using Symantec Clearwell, Adobe Pro with Redax, or other document review platforms provided
• Analyze documents and apply deletion codes to diverse types of privileged information
• Review the work of peers for accuracy and provide constructive edits
• Support effective teams to foster teamwork and planning and decision making
• Organize and maintain accurate records of assigned requests
• Prepare electronic and/or paper releases for release to customers
• Provide a high degree of professionalism and customer service in all interactions with DMS customers
• Prioritize and schedule projects to accomplish objectives
• Coordinate classification reviews with subject matter experts
• Maintain close collaboration of projects with discovery team members
• Serve as consultant to government employees regarding privilege application and document production
• Communicate with employees at all levels of the FBI to complete projects
• Provide weekly statuses to management and periodic updates to Assistant General Counsels and other DMS customers
• Conduct searches of FBI systems and databases to retrieve responsive documents or files

Skills

Oral and written communication

Analytical thinking

Coordination

Education

Preferred PLS certificate/ AA

Tools

Clearwell

Relativity

MS Office

Document management systems

Imaging software

Job description

Evolver is a cybersecurity and digital transformation company supporting national defense, federal civilian agencies, and Fortune 500 organizations. This Discovery Paralegal position requires an Active TS Clearance and to work onsite 5 days a week in Washington, DC.

Responsibilities include analyzing requests, locating responsive material, preparing declarations, performing privilege reviews, and coordinating with FBI and DMS teams to ensure timely, accurate document production.