Senior Paralegal - Criminal Division

About the role

Amentum is recruiting a Senior Paralegal (Paralegal/Legal Assistant II) to provide technical assistance services and independently support Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSA) in the Criminal Division. The role involves preparing complex legal documents, conducting legal research and managing electronic case files.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare complex legal documents such as indictments, arrest warrants, summonses, motions, orders, plea agreements, subpoenas and legal memoranda, and obtain information from case files and law enforcement agencies to include them.
• Ensure recurring documents conform to local court rules and style and format standards.
• Compile trial and witness notebooks, organize trial exhibits, assemble jury instructions and compile witness and exhibit lists.
• Coordinate with the victim/witness specialist on victim rights and notify case agents of victim/witness issues.
• Verify legal citations and statutes using Westlaw and/or Lexis/Nexis, proofread and edit legal briefs, and electronically file documents with the U.S. District Court via CM/ECF.
• Take part in pre-trial witness conferences, note deficiencies in case materials and conduct limited investigations.
• Write correspondence such as proposed orders, time extension requests and notifications to defense counsel.
• Scan and link case materials into electronic discovery databases, manage them and maintain electronic case files, including conflict of interest and case opening forms.
• Perform docketing duties, track filings, generate reports and analyze case management data; prepare closing files.

Required profile

• Ability to obtain and maintain MRPT facility credentials; U.S. citizenship is required for this location.
• Paralegal certificate, JD, or enrollment in an ABA-accredited law school with at least one year of study.
• At least two years of litigation paralegal experience; trial experience very helpful; at least one year in automated litigation support.
• Sound working knowledge of federal and state courts, legal research procedures and resources.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to deliver high-quality work under extreme pressure.

Required skills

• Legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw.
• Word processing, databases, spreadsheets, imaging and hardware systems.
• E-discovery tools and eDiscovery procedures.

What we offer

• Hourly pay of $26.06, with overtime eligibility under the Service Contract Act.
• Health, dental and vision insurance, paid time off and holidays, retirement benefits including 401(k) matching, parental leave, educational reimbursement, employee stock purchase plan, disability and life insurance, pet insurance.