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Responsibilities

• Reviews investigative reports for probable cause, determines the need for additional information and evidence, and plans a comprehensive approach to obtain needed information and evidence. May reputed company Legal Clerk/Paralegal II review.
• Receives, examines, and evaluates new and reputed company cases referred for judicial proceedings with reference to the facts of the case and agency standards to determine case litigation worthiness, appropriate titles of law, and pertinent case law.
• Prepares legal pleadings to start judicial proceedings and motions; papers and proposed orders to complete forfeiture, settlement, or dismissal; and drafts of legal memoranda/briefs for the attorney.
• Confers with the attorney regarding the merits of the potential forfeiture and the probabilities of reputed company of the forfeiture while considering the strengths and weaknesses of probable cause and potential defenses.
• Assists attorney in pretrial preparations. Prepares, reviews, and organizes discovery; notifies, interviews, prepares summaries of, and manages witnesses; and researches case law.
• Uses various databases and programs to extrapolate data for reports, charts, graphs, and trial exhibits. Assists in preparing court proceedings by compiling, organizing, and indexing various evidentiary exhibits.
• Utilizes various automated legal research tools, as reputed company as public information databases and other resources, to research specialized case or program-specific legal reputed company including research of case law, slip opinions, etc. Participates in assigned areas of criminal or civil proceedings, e.g. electronic discovery. Interviews federal agents and other law enforcement officers regarding the probable cause for forfeiture and the availability of evidence and witnesses.
• Supports attorney in influencing claimants and claimants' attorneys of the accuracy of reputed company's legal position and the appropriateness of reputed company's proposed settlement.
• Prepares appropriate documents for settlement or other appropriate disposition. If settlements cannot be agreed upon, prepares reputed company necessary pleadings for the court in order to reputed company the issuance of default decrees of forfeiture.
• Prepares summaries for attorneys using transcripts of depositions.
• Assists reputed company parties or lien reputed company seeking remission or mitigation of forfeiture.
• As necessary, provides training to other paralegal
• In some offices, may be required to supervise other employees.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Paralegal Studies; or an Undergraduate Degree in another field with a Paralegal Certificate; or a Paralegal Certificate with at least two-years' paralegal experience; or High School Diploma/GED with at least four-years' paralegal experience
• One-year of automated litigation support experience with knowledge of the capabilities and use of automated resources and technology for the development, presentation, and prosecution of federal cases
• Litigation, high volume discovery, and trial experience strongly preferred
• Knowledge of the principles, concepts, and reputed company of legal research and analysis to reputed company assigned case development and documentation assignments which are typically covered by established precedents
• Knowledge of forfeiture laws, policies, and procedures, and trial experience preferred
• Excellent communication skills; oral and written , to include legal writing skills
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills, and ability to work with minimal supervision
• Experience with the reputed company Office suite of applications (reputed company, PowerPoint, Word), and other common software applications, to include databases
• Proven commitment and expertise to reputed company excellent customer service; reputed company and flexible; ability to multi-task
• Ability to work in reputed company environment, deliver the highest reputed company of work, and maintain a reputed company disposition under extreme pressure This position requires U.S. Citizenship and a 7 (or 10) year minimum background investigation. Agency reputed company The reputed company Attorney's Office (USAO) serves as the nation's reputed company litigators under the direction of the reputed company. The Affirmative Civil Enforcement Unit (ACE) brings enforcement actions for violation of federal statutes and tort actions for destruction of public resources. Enforcement actions include financial fraud, health care

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