FOIA Paralegal

Qualifications

• Requires paralegal certificate, or JD, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study.
• At least one year of litigation paralegal experience is required; 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 and regulations; applying exemptions
• Must have basic legal knowledge, including knowledge of standard legal citation to cite check legal motions, and memorandum, and must have sufficient experience with legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw to perform basic legal research.
• Requires excellent written and oral communication skills, thorough knowledge, and hands-on familiarity with a variety of computer applications, including word processing, databases (such as document review and file management systems), spreadsheets, imaging, and hardware systems.

The role also requires basic familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources

• The ability to consistently deliver the highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Ability to work independently
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to obtain a government security clearance.

Ideally, you will also have

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

Our Commitment

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 that fit our client’s specific needs. We are committed to solving the most challenging and dynamic problems.

For the past seven years, we’ve been growing our government contracting portfolio, and along the way, we’ve created valuable partnerships by demonstrating a commitment to honesty, professionalism, and quality work.

Here at CGS we value honesty through hard work and self-awareness, professionalism in all we do, and to deliver the best quality to our consumers mending those relations for years to come.