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Job Location drjobs

Arlington, TX - USA

Monthly Salary drjobs

Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Fulltime
Description

PenBay Technology Group is seeking Legal Analysts to provide fulltime support onsite in working as part of a contract team with the DoD Office of the General Counsel (OGC).


Responsibilities to include:

  • Accomplish tasks utilizing strong organizational and administrative skills; an ability to read interpret and understand legal documents and research legal sources; and communicating clearly to attorneys.
  • Hand carries legal actions and packages to and from coordinating offices as needed.
  • Coordinate with OSD/Joint Staff and DoD components for review of responsive records and delivery of cases to and from component offices.
  • Provide preliminary review analysis and support for civil litigation cases congressional inquiries and investigations Privacy and Civil Liberties matters FOIA requests tasked initial FOIA cases and other matters tasked to OGC.
  • Prepare legal holds for distribution drafting preliminary version of legal holds identifying appropriate recipients of legal holds tracking all issued legal holds sending reminders and sending closure notices.
  • Assist in the identification of classified information Restricted or Formerly Restricted Data and militarily critical technology.
  • Assist in the identification and handling of NATO classified and unclassified information.
  • Assist in the identification of nonOSD/JS component equities (including DoD intelligence community and other entity equities).
  • Assist in the identification of information exempt from release in accordance with the applicable statutes and regulations described in Technical Exhibit 2 and application of the appropriate exemptions to the information.
  • Conduct appropriate coordination as needed and document accordingly.
  • Provide reproduction of documents required for task and case records.
  • Coordinate followup of agency coordination to determine review status.
  • Provide registration of casework to include Classified Document Registries and other office administrative functions (e.g. scanning materials filing records maintaining tracking materials and tools among other functions).
  • Utilize ediscovery software to find preserve and review electronic data.
  • Maintain database/records management for each case using the OGC records management and case processing system.
  • Provide review of OSD/Joint Staff and DoD component release recommendations and assist in reconciling difference in release recommendations.
  • Process electronic redaction of exempt information for case records pursuant to authorities.
  • Prepare detailed Vaughn indices to include entries that: 1 identify each document withheld; 2 state the statutory exemption claimed; and 3 explain how disclosure would damage the interests protected by the claimed exemption.
  • Prepare internal and external correspondence for case attorneys for approval and release.
  • Review information that is potentially relevant to ongoing litigation and properly identify responsive information for further processing.
  • Identify all privileged information contained in records responsive to ongoing litigation congressional inquiries investigations and FOIA requests.
  • Prepare detailed privilege logs to include entries that: 1 identify each document deemed to contain privileged material; 2 state the privilege or other exemption claimed; and 3 explain how disclosure would damage interests protected by the claimed privilege or exemption.
  • Perform appropriate open and close procedures of secure workspaces and areas.


Position requires and active Top Secret Clearance/SCI.

Requirements

Educational Requirement:

  • Bachelors degree and 6 years of legal analyst experience.

Experience/Skills Requirement:

  • Three years of relevant experience as described in the job description.
  • Experience using eDiscovery software.
  • Fluency with and understanding of DoD Joint Staff and the Military Departments standards of practice.
  • The ability to review understand and analyze complex legal and nonlegal DoD documents.
  • Possess exceptional oral and written communication abilities and the ability to read interpret and understand legal documents.
  • The ability to leverage established relationships with other DoD components and agencies.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite of Applications (Word Excel and PowerPoint) and common office software applications.

Desired Experience:

  • Previous government law office corporate general counsel office or JAG office experience.
  • DoD experience.

Required Clearance:

  • Active TS/SCI.

Required Experience:

IC

Employment Type

Full-Time

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