About the role

  • Paralegal supporting various aspects of legal accounts for CGS with a focus on government innovation. Collaborating with a fast-paced team while maintaining a high degree of professionalism.

Responsibilities

  • CGS is seeking a dedicated Paralegal to join a fast-paced and hard-working team to assist with any legal accounts.
  • Play a key role in supporting various aspects of the company's portfolio.
  • Provide professional, accurate, timely, and reliable paralegal support.
  • Receive, prioritize, and process requests such as document review or requests for advice or legal technical assistance.
  • Conduct moderately complex legal research and write preliminary drafts of legal memoranda and correspondence.
  • Assist in drafting legal documents and review materials for relevancy and privilege.
  • Maintain documentation of records produced in discovery and prepare privilege logs.
  • Analyze requests from customers and research information relevant to DU requests.
  • Collaborate with government employees regarding privilege application and document production.

Requirements

  • Requires paralegal certificate, or JD, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study.
  • At least two years of litigation paralegal experience is required; trial experience is very helpful.
  • At least one year of experience in automated litigation support.
  • Requires sound working knowledge of federal and state court systems, legal research procedures, and legal research resources.
  • Requires excellent written and oral communication skills and thorough knowledge of legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw.
  • Must have hands-on familiarity with a variety of computer applications, including word processing, databases (such as document review and file management systems), spreadsheets, imaging, and hardware systems.
  • Role also requires hands-on familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources.
  • The ability to consistently deliver the highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important.

Benefits

  • Health, Dental, and Vision
  • Life Insurance
  • 401k
  • Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
  • Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays

Job title

Paralegal, Top Secret Clearance Required

Job type

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

$83,545 - $107,415 per year

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

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