paralegal, level 3

The Paralegal, Level 3, will:

• Prepares a variety of documents and correspondence related to litigation and bankruptcies, including: liens, complaints, stipulations, motions, civil cover sheets, pro hac vices, appearances, privilege logs, letters, judgments, administrative records, and less complicated types of pleadings.

• Prepares written replies to inquiries from the public, other Federal agencies, or private attorneys for information about matters related to litigation, bankruptcy, and liens where legal and programming knowledge is required.

• Responds to inquiries from opposing counsel which require an interpretation of ERISA, Section 4042 (e.g., the termination of abandoned pension plans).

• Reviews documents for accuracy of citations and conformance with required format, e.g., pleadings to be filed in the Federal and State Courts at both the trial and appellate

levels.

• Prepares tables of authority and cite-checks pleadings in conformance to West, Shepard's and BlueBook systems.

• Performs complex office automation tasks in connection with researching, monitoring and tracking court and internal deadlines utilizing several software packages, e.g. TeamConnect, LegalEdge (for Windows), CM/ECF System, NextGen, PACER, LEXIS, Westlaw and the Internet.

• Conducts extensive and thorough legal research, analysis, and evaluation of a range of topics relating to litigation, bankruptcy, and/or liens.

• Establishes and maintains databases, subject matter files, chronological files, correspondence files and records relating to cases and discovery documents.

• Copying and delivering documents.

• Reserving conference rooms.

• Arranging case-related meetings and conference calls.

• Prepares document for US Mail or FedEx as appropriate.

• Performs other similar related duties as assigned in the paralegal field.

The Paralegal, Level 3, must have:

Candidates must have at least five years of paralegal/legal assistant experience and two years of work experience in a bankruptcy and insolvency related ofice supporting senior and general attorneys and other internal and external customers. They must have experience preparing a variety of documents and correspondence related to litigation and bankruptcies, including: liens, complaints, stipulations, motions, civil cover sheets, pro hac vices, appearances, privilege logs, letters, judgments, administrative records, and less complicated types of pleadings. Experience cite-checking, reviewing, proofreading and providing corrections to legal documents based on knowledge of ofice functions, legal terminology and identifying time or ofice sensitive matters are also required. The responsive candidate must be computer literate and be skilled in operating a variety of software applications (i.e. Team Connect, LegalEdge (for Windows), CM/ECF System, PACER, LEXIS, Westlaw, the Internet, MS Outlook, MS Word and MS Excel). They must have the ability to learn PBGC-specific software applications.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $ $40.00 per hour

Expected hours: 35 per week

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Pay may depend on skills and/or qualifications

Work Location: In person