Senior Paralegal

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services); Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision

Life Insurance

401(k)

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Paid Time Off

Job summary

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) seeks a Senior Litigation Paralegal to support a fast-paced in-house government legal team. You will manage eDiscovery workflows, prepare complex legal documents, and assist attorneys with trial preparation and court filings.

Required paralegal certification or JD with at least two years of litigation experience; familiarity with Westlaw/Lexis and CM/ECF is essential.

Qualifications

• Paralegal certificate or JD, or current ABA‑accredited law student with at least one year completed.
• Minimum two years of litigation paralegal experience; trial experience helpful.
• At least one year in automated litigation support; strong knowledge of federal/state court systems and legal research tools.

Responsibilities

• Prepare complex technical legal documents and ensure format compliance.
• Review documents and case materials for relevance and status.
• Support trial teams with notebooks, exhibits, jury instructions, and witness lists.
• Perform legal research with Westlaw/Lexis and verify citations.

Skills

Legal document preparation

Trial prep coordination

eDiscovery coordination

Legal research

Court filing (CM/ECF)

Education

Paralegal certificate

Juris Doctor (JD)

ABA-accredited law school (in progress)

Tools

Westlaw

LexisNexis

CM/ECF

Adobe Acrobat (redaction)

IPRO Eclipse (discovery)

Job description

Employment Type: Full-Time

Department: Legal

CGS is seeking an experienced Senior Litigation Paralegal to join a fast‑moving, extremely active in‑house government legal team. The role supports various aspects of the company’s litigation portfolio, including eDiscovery activities, workflow management, and attorney support.

Skills and Attributes for Success

• Prepares a variety of technical legal documents that are characteristically complex in format.
• Reviews incoming documents and material, considering the nature and status of the case involved.
• Prepares indictments, arrest warrants, summonses, true bills, motions, orders, non‑disclosure applications, plea agreements, grand jury and trial subpoenas, and legal memoranda.
• Obtains required information from criminal case files, law enforcement agencies, or other sources to include in legal documents before submitting to the appropriate AUSA for review.
• Ensures recurring legal documents conform to local court rules and the rules governing style and format.
• Assists attorneys in preparing for trial by independently compiling trial and witness notebooks, preparing and organizing trial exhibits, assembling jury instructions, and compiling witness and exhibit lists.
• Coordinates with the victim/witness specialist to ensure adherence to current Departmental guidelines relating to victims’ rights and services responsibilities.
• Notifies case agents and appropriate office staff of victim/witness issues.
• Uses original and online legal resources including Westlaw and/or Lexis/Nexis to verify legal citations and statutory references contained in legal documents.
• Researches to confirm that citations are accurate, complete, and consistent with source material.
• Proofreads, edits, and revises legal briefs.
• Electronically files legal documents with the U.S. District Court using the CM/ECF system.
• Develops and organizes tables of contents and indices to briefs in accordance with established format.
• Lists cited cases, opinions, and miscellaneous references in briefs.
• Composes original correspondence requiring a good working knowledge of legal procedures and specialized terminology.
• Transmits proposed orders to the court.
• Requests extensions of time in certain cases.
• Advises of actions taken or developments in cases referred by other federal departments and agencies.
• Notifies attorneys representing defendants of various issues.
• Scans, inputs, and links case‑related materials into electronic discovery databases and manages those databases.
• Uploads/downloads documents and materials received from local, state, and federal law enforcement partners—including investigative and forensic reports, bank records, electronic communication records, and audio and video files into the discovery databases.
• Manages discovery processing and production.
• Proficiently bates‑stamps and redacts discovery materials using Adobe Acrobat and may employ discovery processing techniques using IPRO Eclipse.
• Sends continuing discovery to defense counsel as directed by the assigned AUSA.
• Maintains the electronic case files, enters data in the case management system, calendars deadlines using MS Outlook, and prepares and files conflict of interest and case opening forms in the electronic case file.

Qualifications

• Requires paralegal certificate, or JD, or currently attending an ABA‑accredited law school with at least one year of study completed.
• At least two years of litigation paralegal experience is required; trial experience is very helpful.
• At least one year of experience in automated litigation support. Requires sound working knowledge of federal and state court systems, legal research procedures, and legal research resources.
• Requires excellent written and oral communication skills and thorough knowledge of legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw.
• Must have 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.
• Role also requires hands‑on familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources.
• The ability to consistently deliver the highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important.

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

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.