The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia is distinct among United States Attorney's Offices due to the breadth and scale of its work. It acts as both the local and the federal prosecutor for the nation's capital. Locally, it handles cases ranging from misdemeanor drug possession to murders, while federally, it handles cases ranging from child pornography to gang, financial fraud, and terrorism. The Office represents the district in civil suits.
To qualify for the GS-12 Lead Paralegal Specialist you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in Federal service as defined below: Specialized Experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the competencies needed to perform the job duties. Examples of such experience are: providing legal assistance and technical work with in-depth specialized knowledge of legal research methods and analysis, laws, legal reference material, and litigation; preparing motions, responses to defense pleadings, writs, trial subpoenas, and other technical documents in a timely manner; providing case management and organizes cases for court presentation by preparing and/or requesting evidence and/or exhibits; acknowledging familiarity with JUSTIS Westlaw and other network and mainframe databases; serving as a contact for assigned cases and law enforcement agencies.
If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for managing day-to-day activities in the Superior Court Division, General Crimes Section. Typical work assignments will include: - Works closely with management staff to ensure goals, objectives, procedures, and methodology is communicated to the team. - Reviews legal documents for accuracy and ensure deadlines are adhered to. - Organizes work and projects, and distributes and balances workload among subordinates in accordance with established work flow and/or skill level. - Acts as liaison for team in obtaining resources, information, and decisions from supervisors and/or managers. - Coaches the team in coordinating team initiative, consensus building activities, and assessing strengths and weaknesses. - Articulates and communicates problems to be solved, and program issues under review, and deadlines and time frames for completing the assigned work. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress. As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.