Paralegal Specialist
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Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. AttorneysParalegal Specialist

Location: Sacramento, California

Summary: For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit justice.gov/usao. As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement. Salary contains multiple grades/steps. In most cases, the salary is set at the minimum salary for the grade applicant(s) is selected.

Responsibilities: As a Financial Litigation Paralegal Specialist in the United States Attorney's Office (USAO), you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing a variety of legal support services to the USAO, Eastern District of California. You will be assigned to the Civil Division in the Sacramento office and your duties will include:

Preparing a variety of substantive legal documents for pre-judgment and post-judgment enforcement of debt owed to crime victims or the United States and its agencies.

Conducting interviews of debtors, employers, and others to obtain financial information and conduct asset investigations.

Communicating with United States Attorney's Office attorneys and staff, law enforcement, court personnel, and agency officials.

Reviewing, summarizing, and outlining the financial situation of the debtor and recommending appropriate legal action.

Preparing legal pleadings necessary to commence affirmative litigation and Financial Litigation proceedings and subsequent motions.

Maintaining a variety of trial-related documents.

Processing civil debt collection claims referred from federal agencies.

Making recommendations regarding debt compromise, write-off, and referral of claims.

Enforcing criminal judgment and commitment orders and independently performing all functions to collect criminal fines and restitution.

Monitoring the process of pending cases and initiating action to ensure that legal and other documents are prepared and submitted within established deadlines.

Serving as a contact person for Financial Litigation cases. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

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Conditions of Employment:

Qualifications Note: In order to be considered qualified for this position, your specialized experience must be described in your resume. Please be sure that your resume clearly states any and all of the specialized experience that you may have. If your specialized experience is not clearly detailed in your resume, you will not be considered for this position.

GS-9: To be eligible at the GS-9 level, you must have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 grade level in the Federal service as defined below; or Master's or equivalent graduate degree in a related field (e.g., criminal justice, law) or, two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or an LL.B or J.D. in a related field; or a combination of both specialized experience and education as explained below.

Specialized Experience: Defined as one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level. Specialized experience is defined as experience performing research, evaluation, and analysis of a variety of routine legal topics, researching references to locate appropriate data using multiple online legal systems, organizing and preparing research material and determining information that is pertinent to the case, performing basic legal analysis, and analyzing information, identifying the appropriate reference sources.

GS-11: To be eligible at the GS-11 level, you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service as defined below; or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, if in a related field (e.g., criminal justice, law), or, three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or, LL.M. if in a related field; or a combination of both specialized experience and education as explained below.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP): The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility.

Additional Information: Payment of relocation expenses will not be authorized. The Department of Justice offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation; sick leave; holidays; telework; life insurance; health benefits; and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System.

Selective Service: If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law.

EEO Statement: The Department of Justice is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment for all employees and applicants.

Diversity Statement: The Department of Justice is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

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