Senior FOIA Paralegal — eDiscovery & Research

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services)

Atlanta (GA)

On-site

USD 65,000 - 94,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) seeks a Senior FOIA Paralegal to support a large federal agency's legal mission. The role involves reviewing and processing FOIA requests, redacting and coding documents, performing legal research, and drafting legal documents.

Ideal candidates hold a paralegal certificate or JD or are in ABA-approved law school, with at least one year of litigation paralegal experience and familiarity with Nuix Investigate, Relativity, and other eDiscovery tools.

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, including word processing, databases (such as document review and file management systems), spreadsheets, imaging, and hardware systems.
The ability to consistently deliver the highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
Two years experience using Nuix Investigate for document review and tagging preferred.
Two years experience in processing FOIA requests for Federal agencies is preferred.
Fluency in the statutory and regulatory guidelines to FOIA responses is preferred.

Responsibilities

Searches and analyzes result sets to separate non-responsive documents from responsive documents and screen for privilege or FOIA exemptions.
Redact and code responsive documents.
Perform legal research.
Draft legal documents.