Paralegal Specialist

Quick Facts

• Role: Paralegal Specialist (career ladder; full performance level GS-11)
• Focus: Legal support for criminal prosecutions and grand jury investigations
• Training: Formal and/or on-the-job training as needed

Description

As a Paralegal Specialist, you will provide a wide range of legal support services to Assistant U.S. Attorneys working on criminal cases and grand jury investigations. Responsibilities include preparing substantive legal documents, conducting interviews, researching and summarizing legal precedents, managing case workflow for court presentation, organizing discovery and evidence for trial, and supporting attorneys with specialized legal/technical work. This position includes a career ladder toward full performance level GS-11.

Responsibilities

• Prepare substantive legal documents for criminal cases
• Conduct interviews of agents and potential witnesses
• Research, analyze, and summarize relevant legal precedents for assigned cases
• Provide specialized legal assistance and technical work
• Support litigative case management and organizing cases for court presentation
• Monitor progress of pending cases
• Serve as the contact person for assigned cases
• Compile, organize, and index discovery and evidence exhibits for trial
• Provide advice to attorneys and other legal support staff
• Use personal computer-based software for work
• Responsibilities increase in complexity as training and experience progress

Requirements

• U.S. Citizen or National
• Satisfactory pre-employment adjudication (fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing)
• Continued employment depends on favorable background investigation adjudication
• Registered for Selective Service if applicable
• May be required to complete a one-year probationary period
• Time-in-Grade requirements for federal employees must be met within 30 days after the closing date
• Meet all qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days after the closing date and before placement
• Qualify for GS-09 or GS-11 through specialized experience and/or education (per OPM/DOJ definitions and calculation rules)

Benefits

• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
• Telework
• Life insurance
• Health benefits
• Participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS)
• Note: Relocation expenses are not authorized