Paralegal - Litigation Support

Description

The Litigation Support Team at Leidos currently supporting the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in Los Angeles, CA has an opening for a Paralegal to work in a downtown Los Angeles, CA DOJ office performing Paralegal duties. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience helping the U.S. Department of Justice achieve their mission.

We are a fast-paced group tasked to provide innovative solutions by utilizing technologies that are defensible, efficient, and that present our customers with the knowledge they need to defend their positions. We enjoy a high level of autonomy and exposure to all parts of the Leidos organization. We are customer-driven and always strive to provide the best professional experience.

Typical assignments may include the following but not limited to:

• Examining, preparing and processing a variety of technical legal documents, e.g., complaints, motions, orders, answers, pleadings, and subpoenas.

• Providing assistance to attorneys in trial preparations.

• Assembling trial exhibits, affidavits, discovery in various formats, and other legal documents.

• Assembling and organizing files and records materials for disposition or transfer to records depository.

• Maintaining calendar of assigned active cases.

• Tracking filing, hearing, and trial dates, and scheduling conferences and interviews.

• Arranging travel by preparing itinerary and securing transportation and hotel reservations.

• Producing a variety of written documents and materials using a wide range of office software applications.

• Works in an office setting; some walking, standing, bending and carrying of small office items is required.

Basic Qualifications:

• At least one year of specialized litigation experience required, however over three years is preferred.

• Experience reviewing legal documents such as complaints, motions, orders, answers, pleadings, subpoenas, and libels for completeness of information; retrieving and assembling information for hearing and/or trial use, researching a variety of legal sources to obtain and/or verify information; maintaining file systems; and using automated software to produce legal related reports, documents, correspondence and related materials.

• Should have hands-on familiarity with a variety of computer applications, such as MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Must be a US Citizen and able to obtain a Public Trust clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in a Government and/or Litigation Support environment in conjunction with basic qualifications, valued.

• Trial experience very helpful.

• Undergraduate degree preferred.

• Current or active clearance.

This position is covered under the Service Contract Act and is subject to minimum requirements. Leidos ensures that all provisions are satisfied. The pay for this position will be $24.29/hr.

In 2024, Leidos was ranked as one of the"World's Most Ethical Companies"by the Ethisphere Institute for the seventh consecutive year. We were also ranked #2 on the Forbes' list of Best Employers for Veterans and #26 on Careers & The Disabled Magazine's list of Top 50 Employers for the Disabled!

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.