Senior FOIA Paralegal

Senior FOIA Paralegal

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) provides the following pay range. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range: $65,357.76/yr - $94,405.65/yr

Employment Type:

Full Time, Mid-Level

Department:
Legal

CGS is seeking a Senior FOIA Paralegal to support the legal mission of a large federal agency. Candidates will perform legal review, FOIA request processing, and litigation support tasks.

CGS offers an environment where employees feel supported, encouraged to grow, and collaborate on cutting‑edge technology projects.

• Conduct searches and analyze result sets to separate non-responsive documents from responsive documents and screen responsive documents for privilege or FOIA exemptions.
• Redact and code responsive documents.
• Perform legal research.
• Draft legal documents.

• Paralegal certificate, JD, or currently attending an ABA‑accredited law school with at least one year of study.
• At least one year of litigation paralegal experience; trial experience is very helpful.
• Experience with Nuix Investigate, Relativity, and/or other eDiscovery and document review tools strongly desired.
• Experience processing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of FOIA rules, applying exemptions.
• Basic legal knowledge with standard citation, and experience with legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Fluency in a variety of computer applications, including word processing, databases, spreadsheets, imaging, and hardware systems.

• Basic familiarity with ESI tools and eDiscovery procedures.
• Consistently deliver high‑quality work under extreme pressure.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to obtain a government security clearance.

• Two years experience using Nuix Investigate for document review and tagging.
• Two years experience processing FOIA requests for Federal agencies.
• Fluency in statutory and regulatory guidelines to FOIA responses.

Contact Government Services (CGS) strives to simplify and enhance government bureaucracy through the optimization of human, technical, and financial resources. We combine cutting‑edge technology with world‑class personnel to deliver customized solutions.

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401(k)
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays

Contact Government Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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