Overview
Paralegal III Jobs in Philadelphia, PA at McNeal Professional Services, Inc.
We are looking to place a Paralegal III on a 5-year project at a Federal Agency headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. McNeal Professional Services, Inc. is a 25-year national Staffing Services firm. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, Life Insurance, and 401(k) matching. Join our great team today!
If you are interested and available, please reply with an updated Word version of your resume and your salary requirements. Job Description:
- Reviews and prepares a variety of legal documents, such as Grand Jury subpoenas;
- Provides assistance to attorneys in trial preparation by assembling trial exhibit binders, compiling witness lists and making witness travel arrangements; Uses online legal resources and verifies citations;
- Maintains an automated case tracking system; Maintains calendar of cases, schedules appointments, interviews, and conferences; Provides reminders for various commitments and court appearances;
- Prepares travel authorizations and vouchers.
- The work requires knowledge of the processes, procedures, and practices of legal support activities in conjunction with knowledge of office skills and an ability to apply these skills to increase the effectiveness of the assigned Attorneys.
- Document/exhibit organization, interaction with witnesses and investigative agents will be expected.
MAJOR DUTIES
- Provides a wide variety of technical Legal Assistant services, to include:
- Electronic court filings using ECF/PACER;
- Assist in performing legal research in support utilizing a variety of automated legal research tools such as Courtlink, as well as public information databases and or program-specific legal matters such as other courts, and provide assistance in assigned areas of criminal or civil proceedings, e.g. preparation of Grand Jury Indictment packages;
- Assisting with pretrial and trial by preparing, reviewing, and organizing case file information and trial binders as well as arranging for scheduling witnesses and court reporters;
- Preparing internal authorizations for requesting goods/services such as deposition transcripts;
- Frequent interaction with other agencies and other internal personnel;
- Maintaining calendar of active court matters such as tracking filings, hearings and trial dates, and scheduling conferences, interviews, and other deadlines for Attorneys;
- Arranging travel by preparing itinerary and securing transportation and hotel reservations;
- Assembling exhibits, affidavits, and other legal documents. Assembling and organizing files and records material for disposition or transfer to records depositor;
- Performs other related legal duties as assigned.
Ability to pass a government background and credit check along with fingerprinting.
Must be US Citizen or Green Card Holder.
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Pay: $70,000.00 – $75,600.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Experience:
- discovery, drafting of legal docs, pleadings: 3 years (Required)
- Federal Litigation Support: 2 years (Required)
- Electronic court filings: 2 years (Required)
- Grand Jury and trial prep: 2 years (Required)
Work Location: In person
Title: Paralegal III
Company: McNeal Professional Services, Inc.
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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