Senior Paralegal

Contact Government Services, LLC; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 54,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401(k)

Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off

Job summary

A government services provider in Milwaukee, WI, is seeking an experienced Senior Paralegal to support various aspects of its litigation portfolio. The successful candidate will prepare complex legal documents, assist in trial preparation, and conduct legal research. Requirements include a paralegal certificate or JD, two years of litigation experience, and familiarity with legal research tools. Benefits include health insurance and a 401(k). The salary range is $54,000 - $60,000 annually.

Qualifications

• At least two years of litigation paralegal experience.
• Hands-on familiarity with legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw.
• United States citizenship and eligibility for a Public Trust security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Prepares complex legal documents for litigation.
• Assists litigation teams in trial prep and management of evidence.
• Performs specialized legal research to support cases.

Skills

Legal research skills

Communication skills

Experience in litigation support

Familiarity with ESI tools

Education

Paralegal certificate or JD

Current attendance at ABA-accredited law school

Tools

Relativity

Cellebrite

eDiscovery tools

Job description

Senior Paralegal

Employment Type: Full-Time

Department: Legal

CGS is seeking an experienced Senior Paralegal to join a fast‑moving, extremely active in‑house government legal team based in Milwaukee, WI. This position is a key role related to supporting various aspects of the agency's litigation portfolio including eDiscovery activities, workflow management, and attorney support.

Job Duties

• Prepares a variety of technical legal documents that are characteristically complex in format. Reviews incoming documents and material, considers the nature and the status of the case involved, and with limited instructions from AUSAs prepares arrest warrants, summonses, true bills, motions, orders, non‑disclosure applications and orders, stipulations, plea agreements, grand jury and trial subpoenas, and legal memoranda.
• Assists litigation teams in preparation for trial by evaluating, assembling and organizing documents, data, exhibits and other evidence for grand jury presentations, hearings, trials, and witness interviews. Develops a plan to perform audio/video conversion and editing, manages PowerPoint presentations, PDF files/portfolios, spreadsheets, binders, exhibits, charts, witness lists and jury instructions.
• Provides advanced automated litigation support and case management to AUSAs utilizing various software applications such as Relativity, Cellebrite, Axiom, eZManage, NetDocs, iPro Eclipse, Everlaw, CaseMap, TimeMap, Trial Director, USAfx (cloud storage interface), and SecureZip.
• Performs moderately complex specialized legal research to verify proper citations, statutory references, legislative intent, judicial precedents, and agency rules as related to assigned cases.
• Writes preliminary drafts of simple legal memoranda and correspondence ensuring that they conform to local court rules and rules governing content, style and format.
• Assists with incoming discovery and other requested information to determine whether the materials are responsive to the government’s request and in an appropriate format/platform. Screens for privileged documents and materials. Resolves identified issues. Communicates with litigation teams about status of discovery projects.
• Compiles outgoing discovery in compliance with the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and in accordance with stipulations, criteria and/or court orders for court, depositions and hearings.
• Uses a variety of software applications to search and retrieve information necessary to complete assigned tasks: e.g., an internal case management database, files located on shared file network, and external sources such as court records. Synopsizes transcripts of hearings and oral arguments for attorney use. Ensures proper security is maintained over litigation support project materials.
• Performs docketing duties which involve tracking case filings using the case management system. As necessary, performs searches, generates reports, and analyzes data produced from the case management system to determine case status and reconcile inconsistencies.
• Answers outside inquiries not requiring legal interpretations. Exercises judgment and discretion in determining information provided to telephonic inquiries and visitors.

Basic Qualifications

• Paralegal certificate, JD, or currently attending an ABA‑accredited law school with at least one year of study, or equivalent level of legal training or experience.
• At least two years of litigation paralegal experience or project experience related to the task order.
• At least one year of experience in automated litigation support.
• 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 (such as document review and file management systems), spreadsheets, imaging, and hardware systems.
• Hands‑on familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources.
• United States citizenship and eligibility to receive a Public Trust security clearance.

Benefits

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

EEO Statement

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.

Salary: $54,000 - $60,000 a year