Senior Paralegal :: Washington, DC (Hybrid) - ARK Solutions, Inc.
Washington, DC 20002
About the Job
Ark Solutions Inc is looking for Senior Paralegal!
Position: Senior Paralegal
Location: Washington, DC (Hybrid)
Duration: 6+ Months and possibility of extension
Description:
Day-to-day Responsibilities:
Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
Education:
Position: Senior Paralegal
Location: Washington, DC (Hybrid)
Duration: 6+ Months and possibility of extension
Description:
Day-to-day Responsibilities:
- Works under the direction of a Supervisory Paralegal or a Project Supervisor.
- Work products are reviewed prior to submission; however, often develops these products with minimal direct supervision other than written guidelines.
- Performs the following tasks while complying with established procedures: compiles, prepares, and summarizes relevant materials for use by attorneys in discovery and in preparation of motions, briefs and other legal documents; summarizes depositions and other transcripts; maintains case files; performs simple legal research; indexes, tracks and controls document discovery (including documents produced and received in discovery); indexes, tracks and exhibits and other materials at depositions and at trial.
- Prepares exhibit cross-references.
- Assists attorneys in courtroom.
- Reviews documents for relevance and privilege according to established guidelines and criteria.
- Other examples of the types of work to be performed include compilation of documents for FOIA, production requests, Congressional inquiries, etc.
- In addition, performs moderately complex legal research; synopsizes transcripts of hearings and oral arguments for attorney use; reviews case related materials and, for example, identifies potentially conflicting statements or areas requiring further investigation; writes preliminary drafts of simple legal memoranda and correspondence.
- Contact mostly with other Contractor staff, but occasional contact with trial staff may be required.
Required Skills:
- Ideal senior paralegal candidates will have prior experience working on large scale litigation and should be familiar with Relativity.
- We need candidates who can hit the ground running to support the litigation on day one.
- At least two years of litigation paralegal experience 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 and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources.
- Ability to consistently deliver highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important.
Preferred Skills:
- Spanish speaking ability is preferred but not required.
Education:
- Requires paralegal certificate, or JD, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study. Only the Contracting Officer can approve a waiver of the education requirements.
Source : ARK Solutions, Inc.
