Paralegal
Employment Type: Full-Time Entry Level
Department: Legal
As a CGS Paralegal you will work under the direction of a Supervisory Paralegal or Project Supervisor. You will provide litigation and administrative support to a group of United States brings motivated highly skilled and creative people together to solve the governments most dynamic problems with cutting-edge technology. To carry out our mission we are seeking candidates who are excited to contribute to government innovationappreciate 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.
Skills and attributes for success:
- Downloads electronic case filings (ECFs) from Pacer.
- Uploads the electronic case filings to the automated matters systems.
- Enters filing information into a case tracking system.
- Creates and provides links to the electronic case filings to the DOJ Attorneys.
- Responds to DOJ attorney requests for filing information and retrieval.
- Compiles prepares and summarizes relevant materials for use by attorneys in discovery and in preparation of
motions briefs and other legal documents.
- Conducts simple to moderately complex database searches.
- Performs simple legal research.
- Indexes tracks and controls document discovery depositions and trial.
- Prepares exhibit cross-references.
- Assists attorneys in courtroom.
Qualifications:
- Requires paralegal certificate JD or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school having completed at least one
year of study. One (1) year of legal training or legal experience or at least two (2) years of college education may be
substituted for the paralegal certificate.
- At least one (1) year of litigation paralegal experience or project experience related to electronic case filing
workflows.
- Basic legal knowledge including knowledge of standard legal citation to cite check legal motions and memorandum.
- Experience with legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
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 clients specific needs. We are committed to solving the most challenging and dynamic problems.
For the past seven years weve been growing our government contracting portfolio and along the way weve 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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