Supervisory Paralegal Specialist

Full Job Description

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia is unique in the size and the scope of its work. It serves as both the local and the federal prosecutor for the nation's capital.

On the local side, AUSAs assigned to the Superior Court Division prosecute cases ranging from misdemeanors to homicides.

On the federal side, AUSAs assigned to the Criminal Division prosecute federal crimes. The Civil Division further defends the United States in civil suits brought in the District of Columbia.

Note: In order to be considered "qualified" for this position, your specialized experience must be described in your resume.

Please be sure that your resume clearly states any and all of the specialized experience that you may have.

If your specialized experience is not clearly stated in your resume, you will not be considered for this position.

GS-12 level: To be eligible at this level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level.

Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.

Examples of specialized experience include performing the following types of duties: analyzing and evaluating of potential and actual case circumstances, facts, conflicting information and evidence to assist attorneys to launch investigation and prosecution of cases; conducting analysis of the laws practices and policies to initiate and prepare legal documents, case and evidence summaries by gathering supporting evidence and witnesses; presenting a variety of analytical and technical skills and abilities by assisting in pretrial, during trial and post-trial operations presenting exhibits and trial support; establishing and maintaining liaison and fostering good working relationships with management, attorney's, subordinates, local and federal agencies and witnesses with good communication; utilizing software application to provide technical assistance to attorneys in facilitating the management of incoming and outgoing document discovery in accordance with e-Discovery and other procedural requirements to implement computer applications needed for criminal cases; preparing, organizing, indexing and maintaining discovery productions, including reviewing the production for completeness and accuracy based on a thorough understanding of the requirements of the rules, laws and relevant court rulings.

Major Duties:

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing a wide range of legal support services to Assistant United States Attorneys involved in investigations and prosecutions in the Fraud and Public Corruption Section in the Criminal Division for the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.

The incumbent will serve as the Supervisory Paralegal Specialist for the Section.

Typical work assignments will include: Identifying, distributing and balancing workload and tasks among the support staff assigned to the Section; Participates with the chiefs and unit supervisors in the formulation, planning, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of litigation support activities, procedures, systems, and courses of action to be taken both within the Section and with other organizations external to the office.

Recommends systems, procedures, and innovations to facilitate and improve litigation support; Ensuring that the organizations strategic plan, mission, vision and values are communicated to the team and integrated into the team's strategies and goals; Ensuring the work is technically adequate and accurate and evaluates the functions and day-to-day operations, i.e., researching, developing and recommending new systems, processes and procedures to expedite and improve and manage the work of the Section; Conducting performance evaluations and ensuring that the support staff is advised of performance requirements; developing, providing and/or overseeing the provisions of on-the-job training in all areas of work, training in new procedures, processes, and methods, and cross-training development plans for the staff; Recommending formal training for legal support staff.

Developing and maintaining operating procedures and guidelines pertinent to the work assigned within the Section; Preparing reports and maintaining records of work accomplishments and administrative information, as required, and coordinating the preparation, presentation and communication of work-related information; Manages and assists attorneys and legal support staff with electronically stored information (ESI) requests to ensure the receipt and delivery of document productions are properly formatted; Managing case management support of paralegals to ensure staff has effectively organized cases to assist and prepare attorneys for court presentations, i.e., preparing and organizing exhibits; Performing other duties as may be assigned.

Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/. As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.