Senior Paralegal with Security Clearance

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account

Job summary

CGS Federal is seeking a Senior Paralegal to join its fast-moving, in-house government legal team in Milwaukee, WI. The role supports litigation portfolios, including eDiscovery, workflow management, and attorney support, with opportunities for professional growth.

The ideal candidate will have a paralegal certificate or JD, plus experience in automated litigation support and strong research skills, working within federal and state court contexts.

Qualifications

• Requires paralegal certificate, or JD, or currently attending ABA-accredited law school, with at least one year of study completed.
• At least two years of litigation paralegal experience or related project experience.
• At least one year of automated litigation support experience.
• Familiarity with federal and state court systems and legal research tools (LEXIS/Westlaw).

Responsibilities

• Prepare complex legal documents and motions with limited instruction.
• Assist litigation teams by organizing documents, exhibits, and witnesses for trials and hearings.
• Provide automated litigation support using software tools (Relativity, eDiscovery).
• Conduct legal research to verify citations and precedents.
• Draft preliminary memos and correspondence in line with court rules.

Skills

Legal research

Written communication

Oral communication

Attention to detail

Education

Paralegal certificate

Juris Doctor (JD)

Tools

Relativity

Lexis

Westlaw

Case management systems

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. CGS brings motivated, highly skilled, and creative people together to solve the government’s most dynamic problems with cutting-edge technology. To carry out our mission, we are seeking candidates who are excited to contribute to government innovation, appreciate collaboration, and can anticipate the needs of others. Here at CGS, we offer an environment in which our employees feel supported, and we encourage professional growth through various learning opportunities.

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. Develop a plan to perform audio/video conversion and editing, manage 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.
• Write preliminary drafts of simple legal memoranda and correspondence ensuring that they conform to local court rules and rules governing content, style and format.
• Assist 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. Communicate 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.
• Use 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, perform searches, generate reports, and analyze data produced from the case management system to determine case status and reconcile inconsistencies.
• Answers outside inquires not requiring legal interpretations. Exercises judgment and discretion in determining information provided to telephonic inquiries and visitors.

Basic 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
• Additionally, at least two years of litigation paralegal experience or project experience (as related to the task order) is required.
• At least one year of experience in automated litigation support.
• Requires sound working knowledge of federal and state court system, 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.
• Must be a United States Citizen and eligible to receive a Public Trust security clearance.

Benefits

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

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.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

For more information about CGS please visit: https://www.cgsfederal.com or contact: Email: #CJ

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