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In-House
Washington, DC, United States
Senior Paralegal
Legal Staff
Company Review
1-5 yrs required
Full-time
No
# Senior Paralegal Amentum is looking for a Senior Paralegal to join their team and provide legal analyses to address issues pertaining to the Section’s rule making, coordination, or technical assistance responsibilities. This position offers a full-time opportunity in Washington, District of Columbia. ## Responsibilities * Conduct factual and legal research and provide written analyses to address issues pertaining to the Section’s rule making, coordination, or technical assistance responsibilities. * Perform legal research; synopsizes transcripts of hearings and oral arguments for attorney use; reviews case related materials and identifies potentially conflicting statements or areas requiring further investigation; writes preliminary drafts of legal memoranda and correspondence. * May require travel for trial support. * Become very familiar Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008. * Have a pleasant phone manner and the ability to interview potentially aggrieved persons about traumatic experiences in a professional, thorough, and sensitive manner. * Perform detailed searches of court records and other public records utilizing online databases and services such as LexisNexis. * Be familiar with methods for researching people, property ownership, and/or business entities. ## Requirements * Must be able to obtain and maintain MRPT facility credentials/authorization. Note: US Citizenship is required for MRPT facility credentials/authorization at this work location. * . * Ability to write in a logical, persuasive, and sufficiently thorough manner. * Sound working knowledge of federal and state court systems, legal research procedures and legal resources. * Excellent writing skills and thorough knowledge of legal research tools such as Lexis, Westlaw. * Familiarity and experience with Relativity, Excel, Word, Zoom, Teams, PowerPoint, and social media research. * Ability to consistently deliver highest quality work under extreme pressure. ## Preferred Qualifications * Previous experience working with federal civil rights statutes. * Will consider candidates with extensive litigation support experience coupled with Paralegal certificate. ## Salary The salary for this position will be commensurate with experience. Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran’s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.
Lexis, Westlaw, Relativity, Excel, Word, Zoom, Teams, PowerPoint, Social Media Research
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
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Qualification and Experience 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
Legal
Apr 10, 2024
Jul 24, 2024
Qualification and ExperienceParalegal 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
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