Paralegal Specialist
Location: Washington, DC
Job ID: 24601
Salary: $72,710 - $93,737
Closing Date: January 5, 2024
The primary responsibility of a Paralegal Specialist is to provide legal, administrative, and logistical support in the Juvenile Section in the Public Safety Division.
Duties and Responsibilities
The successful candidate will possess strong organizational and time management skills. The candidate must also possess high level of attention to detail. Experience with LexisNexis or Westlaw, scanners, copiers, PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word is required.
Duties include:
- Collecting, reviewing, and redacting potentially discoverable and exculpatory evidence
- Collecting, reviewing, and redacting body worn camera footage.
- Providing assistance to attorneys with the preparation of various pleadings, the preparation of discovery materials, preparing for trials including the preparation of subpoenas and court notices, requesting and obtaining necessary documents and filing/retrieving documents with the D.C. Superior Court.
- Utilizing a variety of computer programs to include: Microsoft Office Suite, Prolaw, Abacus, CaseFileXpress, Box, Evidence.com, and CourtView.
- Drafting a variety of legal documents.
- Performing legal research, including search of statutes, regulations, legislative history, case law and other legal authorities.
- Handling sensitive and confidential information, subject to confidentiality statutes, the attorney client privilege, the attorney work product privilege, and various agency privileges.
- Obtaining, preparing and organizing evidence and exhibits for trials/hearings.
- Attending court hearings and meetings as needed.
- Establishing and maintaining an effective system of monitoring and tracking cases to ensure compliance with all relevant deadlines.
- Identifying, defining, and analyzing operational problems, and posing options and alternatives to existing procedures.
- Performing other duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Education
Specialized Experience – Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and this is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, at least one (1) year of specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.
