Fact Witness Legal Clerk
Employment Type: Full-Time, Mid-Level
Department: Legal
CGS is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Fact Witness Legal Clerk to support our legal team within a dynamic federal agency environment. This role is essential to the success of trial and court operations by managing and supporting fact witnesses throughout the legal process. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, excellent organizational abilities, and a commitment to public service. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute directly to the justice system while working alongside attorneys, investigators, and government professionals.
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.
Skills and attributes for success:
- Provides witness management assistance prior to, during, and after trial
- Work directly with fact witnesses, provide assistance and support to ensure appearance for court, pre-trial conferences, and grand jury
- Receive visitors, field phone calls, questions, and other inquiries from fact witnesses seeking information about court, pre-trial conferences, grand jury appearances, and expense reimbursement
- Obtain pertinent information for files and documents necessary to arrange witness travel and reimbursements
- Initiate contact/notify fact witnesses concerning travel arrangements, appearance date/time, and determine any special circumstances or needs
- Use judgment to determine when Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) should be notified of special circumstances
- Confer with AUSA concerning fact witness appearance and special circumstances (e.g., special authorizations, international witnesses, military/federal employee witnesses, hostile witnesses)
- Complete and submit documentation for special authorizations and obtain prior approval from the Criminal Division Chief and the Contracting Officer before proceeding with travel arrangements
- Ensure all travel documents and appearance date/time have been provided to witnesses
- Make travel and lodging arrangements per Department of Justice and USAO policies and procedures
- Meet with fact witnesses upon arrival, offer courtroom orientation, accompany witness to court, ensure a safe waiting area, and collect documentation/signatures for reimbursement
- Prepare and submit documentation for fact witness reimbursement (witness vouchers, required forms)
- Furnish requested information concerning pending and completed fact witness vouchers
- Gather documentation and reconcile Government Travel Accounts
- Coordinate with the Court, U.S. Marshals Service, investigative agencies, and other counterparts as needed
- Complete variable aspects of recurring documents in proper style and format
- Compose original letters requiring knowledge of legal procedures and terminology (not legal interpretation)
- Perform general office procedures related to fact witness management, including establishing/maintaining witness files, documents, and databases
- Assemble documents for file retention in accordance with Department of Justice regulations
- Maintain calendar and/or database of fact witness appearances, track hearings, trial dates, grand jury, and scheduling conferences
- Perform other administrative/logistical duties related to fact witness management as assigned
Qualifications:
- Good communication skills
- 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 prepare and format management reports
- Ability to manipulate, transfer, compute, and print information
- Ability to prepare and correct reports and correspondence using word processing software
- Schedule appointments
- 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
- Computer skills: Ability to use MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Access, and other databases as well as Adobe Acrobat Professional; experience with Relativity is a plus
- Ability to meet established deadlines and work as a team player in a professional office
- Skill in meeting and dealing with people in a courteous and tactful manner
- Ability to review a wide variety of documents, both legal and non-legal, including Motions and Briefs
Ideally, you will also have:
- High school diploma is required
- Undergraduate degree 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.
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.
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