United States Postal Service
Closing date: 12/27/2022
BENEFIT INFORMATION: The salary will be based on previous experience, salary history, and current postal pay policies. We offer excellent benefits including health and life insurance, retirement plan, savings/investment plan with employer contribution, flexible spending, flextime scheduling of core work hours, annual and sick leave.
Functional Purpose
Provides litigation and/or administrative program support by conducting legal and factual research, ensuring proper filling and service of discovery and/or motions, collecting and assembling documentary evidence and preparing correspondence. Drafts and edits legal documents, including pleadings, motions, discovery requests, and discovery responses. Supports multiple attorneys by checking legal citations for form and accuracy; provides advice to operations clients, and communicates with representatives of federal, state, and local agencies on matters involving the Postal Service.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Conducts research on legal issues using legal databases (e.g., Westlaw Next, Cyber FEDs, PACER, Lexis Advance); compiles related information, such as board decisions and case rulings using standard legal research materials. Summarizes findings and presents conclusions and supporting analysis to attorneys. Checks court and administrative legal decisions cited in memoranda and pleadings to determine whether they have been superseded or modified by subsequent decisions; checks legal citations for form and accuracy.
- Assists multiple attorneys on an ongoing basis with preparation and assembling documentation of supporting case materials for proceedings before courts, administrative agencies, commissions, or Congressional bodies
- Leads the discovery process by communicating with USPS management to obtain information and documents; drafts and responds to discovery as needed (e.g., requests for admissions, objections, interrogatories, production of documents).
- Conducts eDiscovery using the approved software program to gather and review relevant documents. Uses litigation hold systems to secure and retain information from potential witnesses.
- Responds to requests and inquiries from internal customers, external government officials (e.g., federal, state, local), and private businesses and individuals regarding information pursuant to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Privacy Act, subpoenas, and judicial and administrative discovery rules and orders, or legislative review and clearance procedures. Provides advice to internal clients regarding Postal Service procedures, regulations, and protocols.
- Prepares and reviews legal documents subject to final review and approval by an attorney; coordinates information with witnesses, and performs other related duties as assigned.
