About the role
Paralegal II
Employment Type: Full-Time
Department: Legal
CGS is seeking an experienced Paralegal to join a fast-moving, extremely active in-house government legal team. This position is a key role related to supporting various aspects of the company'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
1. Reviews case materials to become familiar with questions under consideration.
1. Review and analyze cases and make recommendations concerning possible enforcement activity.
1. Analyze cases and gather information from parties that may be necessary to determine whether enforcement action is appropriate.
1. Make recommendations concerning discovery for enforcement activity and prepare drafts of discovery requests and pleadings for attorney review.
1. Prepares digests of selected decisions or opinions which incorporate legal references and analyses of precedents involved in areas of well-defined and settled points of law.
1. Interviews potential witnesses and prepares summary interview reports for the attorney's review.
1. Participates in pre-trial witness conferences, notes possible deficiencies in case materials (e.g., missing documents, conflicting statements) and additional issues or other questionable matters, and personally conducts limited investigations at the pre-trial stage.
1. Prepares and organizes trial exhibits, as required; sherardizes and verifies citations and legal references on prepared legal documents.
1. Prepares summaries of testimony and depositions.
1. Drafts and edits legal and non-legal memoranda, research reports and correspondence relating to cases.
1. Proofreads pleadings, correspondence and other documents for spelling, grammar, organization, and clarity in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
Requirements
-Must be a United States citizen
-Must have lived in the United States for at least 3 out of the past 5 years
-Must be able to pass a criminal and financial background check to earn a federal security clearance
-Must have 2 years of Paralegal experience
Our commitment
Contact Government Services (CGS) strives to simplify and enhance government bureaucracy through the optimization of human, technical, and financial resources. We combine cutting-edge technology with world-class personnel to deliver customized solutions that fit our client’s specific needs. We are committed to solving the most challenging and dynamic problems.
For the past seven years, we’ve been growing our government contracting portfolio, and along the way, we’ve created valuable partnerships by demonstrating a commitment to honesty, professionalism, and quality work.
Here at CGS we value honesty through hard work and self-awareness, professionalism in all we do, and to deliver the best quality to our consumers mending those relations for years to come.
We care about our employees. Therefore, we offer a comprehensive benefits package:
- 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.
Join our team and become part of meaningful government innovation!
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For more information about CGS please visit: https://www.cgsfederal.com or contact:
Email: info@cgsfederal.com