Senior Paralegal Supervisor: Litigation & Discovery

Aptonet; Maryland; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Supervisory Paralegal to work on-site in Washington, DC, supporting a Government project within the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the DOJ. You will lead a team of paralegals and support staff on major litigation support efforts and research tasks.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of litigation paralegal experience, supervisory capabilities, and strong familiarity with legal research tools such as Lexis and Westlaw. U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) with 4+ years of litigation paralegal experience.
• Experience in automated litigation support.
• Supervisory experience and strong communication with clients and attorneys.
• Sound working knowledge of federal and state court system, legal research procedures, and resources.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and thorough knowledge of Lexis and Westlaw.
• Hands-on familiarity with word processing, databases, spreadsheets, and imaging.

Responsibilities

• Directs and supervises paralegals and support staff on major projects and large research efforts.
• Monitors progress and reports on status to leadership.
• Ensures work meets contract and attorney requirements and is delivered on time.
• Performs detailed reviews of case materials, including financial records and litigation files.
• Indexes case files and drafts procedures for litigation support tasks.
• Acts as team leader for a group of legal professionals as required.
• Reviews audio files for relevance and updates databases with findings.
• Communicates with DOJ components, federal agencies and others during investigations.
• Utilizes Excel to track information and analyze case statistics.
• Supports trial preparation: document organization, Bates stamping and research.
• Uses Relativity, Casemap, Oncue for discovery production.
• Searches Relativity per criteria and reviews results for relevance.
• Coordinates with contractor data processing and other teams; travels up to 50% as needed.

Skills

Paralegal supervision

Litigation support

Legal research

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

LEXIS

Westlaw

Document management

Word processing

Spreadsheets

Imaging

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Supervisory Paralegal to work on-site in Washington, DC, supporting a Government project within the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the DOJ. You will lead a team of paralegals and support staff on major litigation support efforts and research tasks.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of litigation paralegal experience, supervisory capabilities, and strong familiarity with legal research tools such as Lexis and Westlaw. U.S.