Lead Paralegal Specialist

Quick Facts

• Role: Lead Paralegal Specialist (litigation support leadership)
• Focus: Civil Rights Division; complex, high-profile cases

Description

Lead a large paralegal or legal support team for complex, high-profile litigation by coaching staff, facilitating consensus, and building coordinated case-team workflows. Monitor and report on the quantity and quality of work, ensure compliance with federal and court rules, and oversee meticulous preparation of briefs, motions, and documents using required citation and style standards. Provide analytical support to Section management using specialized legal databases and advanced research on legislative history, precedent, judicial decisions, and legal opinions.

Responsibilities

• Convey assignments, milestones, deadlines, and actionable events to the team
• Instruct team members on tasks and litigation techniques; serve as Section expert on court rules and circuit-specific filing procedures
• Distribute and balance workload, adjusting workflows for compressed deadlines and oversized or multi-office filings
• Monitor and report work status, quantity, and quality; ensure filings are checked and finalized to Bluebook and the Office of the Solicitor General’s Style Manual
• Perform exhaustive legislative-history, precedent, judicial-decision, and legal-opinion analysis using online databases
• Independently develop, track, and process case documentation; manage exhibits and supplemental investigations when warranted
• Monitor compliance with court orders, settlement agreements, and consent decrees
• Draft legal correspondence, memoranda, formal justifications, and FOIA/congressional inquiry responses using Microsoft Office and/or Adobe
• Independently evaluate voluminous evidence to determine prosecution viability; draft subpoenas and organize courtroom exhibits

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• Selective Service registration or exemption (for eligible males)
• Ability to pass pre-employment security screening (may include drug screening)
• GS-12 specialized experience equivalent: 1 year at least equivalent to GS-11 level, including leadership of complex litigation support teams, advanced legal/factual research and analysis, and advanced litigation support for large or high-profile cases
• Resume demonstrates qualifications clearly and is no more than 2 pages; all requirements met by the closing date

Benefits

A comprehensive federal benefits package is available; eligibility depends on the type of position and whether it is full-time, part-time, or intermittent.