Supervisory Paralegal - FLU (Financial Litigation Unit) - Immediate Interviews!

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Supervisory Paralegal - FLU (Financial Litigation Unit)

The Supervisory Paralegal will provide support to attorneys of the Financial Litigation Unit. The paralegal will be responsible for coordinating with various agencies, opposing counsel and defendants related to restitution orders in criminal and financial related matters to ensure debts are paid. Additional support will involve the following:
• Coordinates with external parties, defendants and counsel regarding restitution payment orders.
• Perform ongoing case tracking based on plea and sentencing dates.
• Collaborates with AUSA and US Probation Office to set up debtor payment plans.
• Coordinates and participates in meetings with Attorneys and other agency representatives to discuss collection strategies on specific cases.
• Utilizes Automated applications such as IPro Eclipse or Relativity to assist with electronic discovery processing, tagging, indexing and organizing of large volumes of discovery:
• Processes, tags, images, indexes, and organizes voluminous discovery, including documents, electronic communications, and audio and video recordings, in multi-defendant cases.
• Produces high quality work involving complex fact patterns and charges needed to locate specific key documents to support charging documents.
• Produces high quality work using Adobe, Microsoft Access, Google Translate, IPRO Eclipse, Relativity, and Excel, including tagging documents in IPRO Eclipse and Relativity.
• Produces high quality work creating and using Excel spreadsheets.
• Produces high quality work using PACER/ECF.
• Examines and evaluates information in case files based on the department's standards for case litigation worthiness and appropriate titles of law.
• Analyzes legal decisions, opinions, rulings, memorandum, and other legal material relating to relevant points of law.
• Prepares summaries of financial records and docket information.
• Drafts pleadings, Grand Jury Indictments, motions, correspondence, proposed orders, decrees and other legal documents.
• Briefs attorney on pertinent facts, issues, and case law associated with case.
• Examines and evaluates information in case files based on the department's standards for case litigation worthiness and appropriate titles of law.
• Prepares factual material such as summarization of financial and other documentary data for evidentiary purposes.
• Assists with scheduling tasks and ongoing coordination requirements.

Minimum Qualifications:
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a US government security clearance.
• Requires a paralegal certificate AND at least three (3) years of litigation experience with financial or healthcare fraud cases.
• Requires familiarity and proven experience with Pacer and ECF.
• Must have knowledge of Federal and State court systems and have hands-on experience using legal research databases such as Lexis and WestLaw.
• Candidates must also have at least one (1) year of automated litigation support experience.
• Must have knowledge of Federal and State court systems.
• Must be knowledgeable in the trial process and restitution process.
• Prior experience coordinating with law enforcement, court staff, probation office, defendants and opposing counsel is required.
• Requires hands-on experience conducting moderately to complex legal research using Lexis and or WestLaw.
• Applicant must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines.
• Familiarity with industry standard legal citation styling manual and prior citation checking experience is required.
• Excellent written and oral communications with direct experience drafting legal documents such as subpoenas, Grand Jury Indictments, and motions.
• Must be able to synthesize and summarize large amounts of information contained in deposition transcripts, legal precedent, witness statements, police reports, document productions, docket information and other resources.
• Must be able to work in an office setting where some walking, sitting, standing, bending and carrying of small office items is required.
• Familiarity with ESI Discovery processes is required.
• Hands-on experience with ESI processing and document review databases required.
• Applicant must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines.
• Occasional overtime may be required with prior approval.

Preferred:
A JD or advanced legal related degree is helpful
Prior supervisory experience in a law office setting is helpful but not required.
Advanced eDiscovery certifications helpful but not required.

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