Legal Support Specialist
Employment Type: Full-Time, Entry-level
Department: Legal Services
CGS is seeking one (1) Legal Support Specialist to assist with administrative and legal tasks for a large Federal agency located in Boston, MA
CGS brings motivated, highly skilled, and creative people together to solve the government’s most dynamic problems with cutting-edge technology. To carry out our mission, we are seeking candidates who are excited to contribute to government innovation, appreciate collaboration, and can anticipate the needs of others. Here at CGS, we offer an environment in which our employees feel supported, and we encourage professional growth through various learning opportunities.
Job Duties:
- Provide all clerical services required to perform the tasks related to the support of the USAO by providing a variety of direct assistance to Assistant U.S. Attorneys, paralegals, legal assistants, and other USAO personnel.
- Complete litigation support projects in accordance with case team specifications, industry standards, and applicable deadlines.
- Maintain inventory and track litigation support equipment (e.g., external optical media readers and duplicators; specialized scanners; large format printers; etc.). Maintain litigation support equipment in good working order.
- Maintain accurate and current records regarding incoming electronic case materials, adhering to office tracking protocols, such as by completing standardized inventory or tracking forms.
- When requested, organizes, and prepares hard copy documents for scanning. Scans hard copy documents making appropriate determinations about equipment, unitization, resolution, and format.
- Reviews files and corrects any omissions in records. Checks all closed files to ensure the proper procedures have been followed and the closing process is complete.
Requirements:
- Ability to learn legal terminology
- Ability to learn litigation and court proceedings
- Provide word processing and data entry/retrieval
- Ability to review and analyze data and information from multiple sources
- Ability to establish case/project files
- Ability to enter and retrieve data from databases
- Ability to manipulate, transfer, compute and print information
- Ability to prepare and correct reports and correspondence using word processing software
- Answer inquiries regarding case-related information as maintained in the database
- Answer inquiries regarding case-related status
- Obtain additional information from other agencies/organizations
- Maintain internal status information on the disposition of designated information, files, and assets
- Assure information is accurate and perform analytical computations necessary to process data
- Provide administrative information and assistance concerning case or file to other agencies or organizations
- Must have resided in the United States for at least 3 out of the last 5 years
- Must be a US Citizen and able to pass a security background check
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.
We care about our employees. Therefore, we offer a comprehensive benefits package.
- Health, Dental, and Vision
- Life Insurance
- 401k
- Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
- Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays
Contact Government Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Join our team and become part of meaningful government innovation!
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