Senior FOIA Paralegal: eDiscovery & Legal Research

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services); Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 65,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Job summary

CGS is seeking a Senior FOIA Paralegal to join our team supporting the legal mission of a large federal agency. This position will allow candidates to demonstrate expertise in performing legal review and FOIA request processing, amongst other litigation support tasks.

The role requires paralegal certificate or JD or in ABA law school, at least one year of experience; familiarity with Nuix Investigate, Relativity, FOIA rules, and excellent written and oral communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Requires 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.

Responsibilities

• Paralegals will work conducting searches and analyzing 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.

Skills

Communication skills

Independent work

English proficiency

Education

Paralegal certificate

Juris Doctor (JD)

Tools

Nuix Investigate

Relativity

eDiscovery tools

Lexis

Westlaw

Job description

CGS is seeking a Senior FOIA Paralegal to join our team supporting the legal mission of a large federal agency. This position will allow candidates to demonstrate expertise in performing legal review and FOIA request processing, amongst other litigation support tasks.

The role requires paralegal certificate or JD or in ABA law school, at least one year of experience; familiarity with Nuix Investigate, Relativity, FOIA rules, and excellent written and oral communication are essential.