Senior Paralegal

Overview

Senior Paralegal role at Amentum
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The Senior Paralegal will support an attorney, who is blind and utilizes a service dog, to read and proofread documents and perform a wide range of paralegal duties.

• Perform case preparation and evaluation, legal and factual research, trial preparation, witness interviews, and other related paralegal functions.
• Assist attorney by reading documents aloud in a clear and distinct manner to the attorney.
• Proofreads, drafts, or revises documents; explains and describes documents, including charts or graphs, to the attorney.
• Reads and analyzes voluminous complex documents to explain relevant content to the attorney.
• Use assistive technologies for the blind, including operating devices and Text-to-Speech software programs such as Job Access with Speech (JAWS).
• Prepare for and assist the attorney during telephone calls, meetings, depositions, trials, and court hearings.
• Travel with the attorney as needed, arrange for travel needs, and may be required to drive to meetings using a government furnished vehicle if public transportation is not readily available.
• Manage the logistical aspects of a trial/hearing/deposition and relay events that would normally be picked up only visually.
• Contact and interview potential witnesses to gather information and assist with preparing witnesses for court appearances, depositions, etc.
• Assist the attorney during the conduct of depositions, trials, hearings, other court proceedings including managing exhibits and courtroom presentation technology and describing proceedings to the attorney.
• Conduct legal research of defined scope and complexity, referencing and citing sources, applicable precedent, transcripts, legislative history, and other relevant documents.
• Identify inconsistencies in text (including Bluebook citations) in layouts, plans, spacing and indentations of charts and tables in text.
• Handle sensitive witnesses and information.
• Use discretion and maintain confidentiality of information learned in the course of performing duties.

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a US government security clearance.
  
  Note:
  
  US Citizenship is required for MRPT facility credentials/authorization at this work location may be required.
• One hundred percent in-office.
• Must have a Paralegal certificate, or JD, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study or an equivalent level of legal training or experience; or an equivalent level of education may be substituted.
• Candidate must be able to perform detailed searches of court records and other public records utilizing online databases and services such as Lexis-Nexis.
• Must be able to travel.
• Must have a current and valid driver’s license.

• Familiarity with methods for researching people, property ownership and/or business entities.
• Solid Relativity experience is preferred.

Amentum is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.