Senior Paralegal — Litigation Support & Trial Prep

Cgsfederal; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401(k)

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Paid Time Off and Holidays

Job summary

CGS Federal seeks a Senior Paralegal to support U.S. Attorneys with litigation and administrative tasks. You will work under a Supervisory Paralegal or Project Supervisor and handle document drafting, filing, and trial-prep activities.

Ideal candidates have paralegal certification or JD, strong research skills in Lexis/Westlaw, and excellent communication under pressure. This role offers growth and collaboration within a government-focused team.

Qualifications

• Requires paralegal certificate, JD, or currently attending an ABA‑accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study.
• One year of legal training or legal experience or at least two years of college education may be substituted for the paralegal certificate.
• Additionally, at least one year of litigation paralegal experience or project experience (as related to the task order) is required; trial experience very helpful.
• Automated litigation support experience valued.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Provides litigation and administrative support to a group of United States Attorneys.
• Drafts legal documents and files legal documents using the Electronic Court Filing system (ECF).
• Prepares garnishments, liens, and other legal process documents for collection.
• Sends demand letters, files liens, runs credit reports, prepares and submits subpoenas.
• Manages and tracks collection activity in an internal database.
• Communicates with and coordinates collection activity with AUSAs in the Monetary Penalties Unit (MPU).
• Completes fact research in public information databases and other research databases to gather information and identify assets.
• Prepares legal documents using templates, such as motions, memoranda, subpoenas, correspondence, discovery documents and other similar documents and forms.
• Prepares all recurring legal documents in conformance with rules governing their style and format.
• Performs routine document center support functions such as photocopying, delivering items, assembling notebooks, pulling file copies of documents, tabbing binders, numbering, binding, labeling, re‑filing documents and shelving, packing boxes and preparing them for shipment, bate stamping, retrieving case materials, completing log sheet, answering phones, logging messages, and faxing information.
• Provides trial preparation assistance to AUSAs by independently compiling trial notebooks, preparing jury instructions, drafting witness and exhibit lists.
• Opens new case files, closes case files, organizes case files, and records material for disposition or storage.
• Maintains calendar of active cases and assigned AUSAs by scheduling appointments, interviews, conferences, providing reminders of commitments and court appearances.
• Assists AUSAs in producing discovery to defense counsel.
• Maintains, manages, and organizes case material utilizing software including databases, spreadsheets, and word processing applications.
• Sorts incoming mail and prepares outgoing mail, including packaging boxes for shipment.
• Filing pleadings using the Electronic Court Filing system (ECF).
• Produces a variety of written documents using templates and materials utilizing a range of office software applications.
• Completes all aspects of travel in accordance with Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) and Department of Justice (DOJ) policies, including traveling arrangements, submitting authorizations, completing vouchers, and submitting local mileage claims.

Skills

Paralegal abilities

Legal research tools

Communication skills

Computer skills

Education

Paralegal certificate/JD/ABA-approved law school

Tools

ECF

Lexis

Westlaw

Job description

CGS Federal seeks a Senior Paralegal to support U.S. Attorneys with litigation and administrative tasks. You will work under a Supervisory Paralegal or Project Supervisor and handle document drafting, filing, and trial-prep activities.

Ideal candidates have paralegal certification or JD, strong research skills in Lexis/Westlaw, and excellent communication under pressure. This role offers growth and collaboration within a government-focused team.