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Amentum has openings for Paralegals to support the US Attorney's Office in Washington, DC for related complex criminal matters. Primary duties include:

• Perform assignment specific duties.
• Support the case team and track data delivered to the case team to ensure that it is placed into the appropriate processing workflow;
• Performs database searches, exports reports, and other data retrieval assignments using established network databases including Westlaw, Lexis, Relativity, and CaseView;
• Performs litigation support tasks, including discovery productions, detailed review and analysis of case materials in a broad range of subject matters;
• Supports investigative and trial teams by preparing documents for the legal team, uploading/organizing subpoena returns, preparing discovery and assisting in discovery productions, and sorting documents for trial binders;
• Drafts documents for accomplishing litigation support assignments;
• Proofreads and edits deliverable products, and enters data into case management systems;
• Prepares documents for scanning, performs other document collection related activities, including OCRing documents, redacting and labeling of files;
• Complete and submits forms, reports, correspondence, and other documents within established deadlines;
• Completes detailed indexing of case files, and creates witness binders;
• Creating logs for subpoena returns and discovery purposes;
• Serve as first level reviewers, following team lead guidance to redact specific language.

Qualifications:

• Must be able to obtain and maintain MRPT facility credentials/authorization. Note: US Citizenship is required for MRPT facility credentials/authorization at this work location.
• Three years of experience on major litigation support projects or undergraduate degree. Certain assignments may require experience or substantial undergraduate coursework in, for example, finance/accounting, health care, or substantial experience in the legal environment or in information technology.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently in a team environment.
• Must have excellent writing skills and oral communication capabilities.
• Requires hands-on familiarity with the Government's office and network environment, including but not limited to, data processing environments, including office automation networks, PC-based databases and other applications, internet and server-based databases and other applications, such as Oracle, Relativity or other document review platform, Trial Director, etc.
• Should be a knowledgeable user of the Government's office and network environment, including but not limited to, word processing, spreadsheet, imaging, and hardware systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Direct trial/litigation experience.
• Criminal law experience.
• Experience working in high pace environments with multiple deadlines.

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