Amentum is seeking a Senior Paralegal to join our dynamic team to support the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington, DC. This role will work directly with trial attorneys, investigators, and other staff at the Consumer Protection Branch.

　　Responsibilities include:

　　Reviewing documents in Relativity and flagging relevant documents.

　　Creating saved searches and reviews emails and other records for specific key concepts related to healthcare fraud and other areas primarily related to consumer fraud, deceptive trade practices, and consumer safety.

　　Generates report of findings from evidentiary review.

　　Compiles, prepares, and summarizes victim impact statements, proffers, and other relevant materials for use by attorneys in discovery and in preparation of motions, briefs, and other legal documents.

　　Assists in the drafting and editing of briefs and other written products, including creating tables of authorities and tables of contents.

　　Assists attorneys in organizing and cataloging documents and exhibits for use in depositions, subpoenas, at trial, and for other legal documents and processes.

　　Assist in drafting subpoenas and other document request letters.

　　Maintains case files, including electronic files and paper files.

　　Indexes, tracks, and controls document discovery, including subpoenas.

　　Handles the sending and receiving of data devices containing discovery files, including working with the DOJ data lab to have the files uploaded to document review platforms.

　　Other Duties may include:

　　Takes responsibility for closing out cases and archiving evidence and work product.

　　Uses SharePoint to create and maintain tracking documents for Branch’s projects and workflows.

　　Compiles documents for production requests and other inquiries.

　　Performs simple legal research for trial attorneys and investigators.

　　Prepares exhibits for deposition or trial.

　　Prepares exhibit cross-references.

　　Summarizes depositions and other transcripts.

　　Minimum Qualifications:

　　Must be able to obtain and maintain MRPT facility credentials/authorization. Note: US Citizenship is required for MRPT facility credentials/authorization at this work location.

　　Requires Paralegal Certificate, or JD, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study, or an equivalent level of legal training or experience; or an equivalent level of education may be substituted.

　　At least two years of litigation paralegal experience or project experience (as related to the task order) is required; trial experience very helpful.

　　At least one year of experience in automated litigation support. Requires sound working knowledge of federal and state court system, 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 such as Relativity, and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources.

　　Ability to consistently deliver highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important.

　　Must have compassion, patience, excellent people skills, and desire to protect vulnerable consumers

　　Willingness to learn and be part of a team.

　　Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran’s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.

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