Senior Paralegal – eDiscovery & Litigation Support

CACI; Washington; On-site; USD 36,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement for Relativity &

Job summary

CACI is seeking a Senior Paralegal to support the Department of Justice's Office of Pardon Attorneys, handling complex discovery, motions, and trial prep.

The role emphasizes eDiscovery, Relativity, and cross‑functional collaboration under tight deadlines. DOJ MBI clearance is required, with a strong emphasis on accuracy, legal research, and client service in a highly secure environment.

Qualifications

• Requires paralegal certificate, or JD, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study, or an equivalent level of legal training or experience; or an equivalent level of education may be substituted.
• At least 2 years of litigation paralegal experience, including 1 year of experience in automated litigation support.
• Sound working knowledge of federal and state court system, legal research procedures, and legal research resources.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• 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, e.g., Relativity, Excel, JEFS/Box.com, Word, Zoom, Teams, Power Point, and social media tools
• Hands-on familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources.
• Ability to consistently deliver highest quality work under extreme pressure. Advanced skills with Excel.
• Professional, can-do, customer-service attitude.
• DOJ MBI must be obtainable (US citizenship required)

Responsibilities

• Works under the direction of a Supervisory Paralegal or a Project Supervisor.
• Work products are reviewed prior to submission; however, often develops these products with minimal direct supervision other than written guidelines.
• Compiles, prepares, and summarizes relevant materials for use by attorneys in discovery and in preparation of motions, briefs and other legal documents; summarizes depositions and other transcripts; maintains case files; performs moderately complex legal research; synopsizes transcripts of hearings and oral arguments for attorney use; reviews case related materials and, for example, identifies potentially conflicting statements or areas requiring further investigation; writes preliminary drafts of legal memoranda and correspondence; indexes, tracks and controls document discovery (including documents produced and received in discovery); indexes and tracks exhibits and other materials at depositions and at trial.
• Prepares exhibit cross-references.
• Assists attorneys in courtroom.
• Reviews documents for relevance and privilege according to established guidelines and criteria.
• Other examples of the types of work to be performed include compilation of documents for FOIA, production requests, Congressional inquiries, etc.

Skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Customer service attitude

Work under pressure

Advanced Excel

Education

Paralegal certificate

JD or current ABA‑accredited law school study

Tools

Relativity

Excel

JEFS/Box.com

Word

Zoom

Teams

PowerPoint

Job description

CACI is seeking a Senior Paralegal to support the Department of Justice's Office of Pardon Attorneys, handling complex discovery, motions, and trial prep.

The role emphasizes eDiscovery, Relativity, and cross‑functional collaboration under tight deadlines. DOJ MBI clearance is required, with a strong emphasis on accuracy, legal research, and client service in a highly secure environment.