Paralegal Specialist
The Antitrust Division is seeking to fill entry-level, trainee Paralegal Specialist positions in our Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and Washington DC Offices. Please note that the Washington DC job advertisement is a separate USAJOBS posting, located here: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/560180000.
Paralegals within the Division perform legal duties in support of attorneys engaged in antitrust cases and matters. The Incumbent serves as Paralegal Specialist, and as such:
- Performs factual research using evidentiary files, library reference materials, corporate records, private and governmental studies, computer databases, internet resources, and other pertinent sources to supply needed factual information for inclusion in memoranda, briefs, and similar documents.
- Assists Attorneys in preparing for and conducting interviews with investigative sources and prospective witnesses.
- Takes accurate notes during attorney proffers and witness interviews and prepares memoranda from those notes.
- Performs preliminary screening of electronic and hard copy substantive materials prior to review by attorneys; codes electronic documents and categorizes hard copy documents in accordance with case priorities.
- Assists technical support staff with the preparation and organization of electronic document review databases.
- Organizes and maintains tracking logs for all incoming and outgoing case-related material.
- Prepares and organizes charts, graphs, and other materials to be used as exhibits in court.
- Prepares tables of content, indexes, and tables of authorities for legal briefs, memoranda, and other such documents; reviews and researches citations, footnotes, textual references, and other entries for accuracy.
- Prepares routine correspondence.
- Travels to any off-site trials, grand jury sessions, or discovery locations and while there provides similar paralegal support as described above.
Performs other duties as assigned.