Paralegal III
Paralegal III
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Job Description
Wits Solutions Inc. (WITS) is a SBA certified 8(a) company with headquarters in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area. WITS has been providing best-in-class solutions in professional IT and administrative consulting to various Federal State Local and commercial customers. At WITS we believe in working not for our clients but with them. This is why right from the beginning; our analysts and solution-builders work closely with our clients to ensure that the project outcomes continue to deliver value long into the future.
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS MANDATORY
Associate degree
WORK EXPERIENCE MANDATORY
Minimum three years of paralegal experience
Knowledge of DOJ and USAO practices related to civil enforcement and parallel proceedings (Preferred)
WORK EXPERIENCE NICE TO HAVE
Legal and analytical skills to support complex fraud investigations
Independent project management including tracking large-scale discovery efforts
Strong interpersonal and written communication skills and a desire to be part of a large team
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Pursuant to the policies procedures goals and objectives established by the USAO-DSC the contractor performs the following duties on a regular and recurring basis:
1. Provide a variety of direct paralegal services to assist AUSAs including but not limited to the following:
a. Seek information and locate new sources of information in aid of ACE investigations and litigation through contacts or correspondence with law enforcement as well as officials from other governmental agencies witnesses and counsel.
b. Independently gather factual material.
c. Read annotate and summarize transcripts files and other aspects of the case file.
d. Prepare case-summary binders.
e. Obtain financial and statistical information.
f. Obtain agency court and other public records.
g. Analyze documents and draft court filings and memoranda for AUSA review.
2. Have working knowledge of and experience with federal court system Federal Rules of Civil Procedure civil litigation civil discovery and legal research procedures and resources.
3. Organize track and manage a substantial quantity of records (often hundreds of thousands of pages of electronically stored evidence per case) documents data and discovery.
4. Review a wide variety of documents via various platforms (including using e discovery tools such as Everlaw).
5. Prepare summaries of testimony and depositions.
6. Review analyze and summarize case related materials health care billing records and health care treatment records for attorney use.
7. Prepare discovery demands and organize review and analyze discovery responses for completeness and compliance with discovery requests.
8. Maintain a comprehensive discovery or investigative log.
9. Prepare preliminary drafts of simple legal memoranda documents and correspondence for AUSA review and signature.
10. Provide automated litigation support to attorneys. Utilize various software applications and graphics. Prepare documents charts and visual materials for use in trials or case presentations to defendants. Provide technical support (e.g. enlarging charts and photographs duplicating tapes and videos and marking exhibits).
11. Assist in document review and preparation for witness interviews depositions hearings mediations presentations and trial.
12. Perform moderately complex legal research using various legal (e.g. Westlaw LexisNexis PACER) and law-enforcement (e.g. CLEAR).
13. Create and manipulate Excel spreadsheets.
14. Demonstrate proficiency in a variety of computer applications including word processing databases (such as document review and file management systems) spreadsheets imaging and hardware systems (e.g. Outlook Word Excel and Adobe).
15. Hands-on familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources.
16. Occasional travel relating to cases special projects and/or training may be necessary.
Employment Type
Full-time
