At the full performance level, duties will include (but are not limited to): - Serving as the primary support specialist responsible for managing discovery in a variety of criminal matters, to include coordinating with agency partners to collect materials, reviewing incoming materials in a variety of paper and electronic formats to assess responsiveness, organizing voluminous materials for efficient review by the case team, preparing materials for production, and maintaining detailed indices of materials received and produced;
- Drawing upon knowledge of the facts and legal issues in an assigned case and using various functions of document review software tools to organize and review discovery materials;
- Assisting attorneys with hearing and trial preparation, and during live court proceedings, to include maintaining witness lists and schedules, drafting subpoenas, preparing, assembling and managing exhibits, and operating trial presentation software in the courtroom;
- Conducting legal and factual research in legal and non-legal databases in support of criminal cases, and evaluating the need for and drafting a variety of legal documents such as routine motions, proposed orders, non-disclosure orders, extensions of deadlines, and notices that require good working knowledge of legal procedures and specialized terminology;
- Providing administrative support as assigned, to include, independently entering and updating case management software, closing paper and electronic case files, procuring transcripts, expert witness contracts, and other case activities requiring budget approval, scheduling case meetings and witness interviews, calculating and tracking deadlines for legal filings, and electronically filing pleadings with the court via email or PACER; and,
- Proofreading and editing legal briefs, including verifying citations to law and facts against original sources, and conducting further research as needed. Examples of specialized experiences include:
managing discovery in a variety of formats, such as by receiving, indexing, and organizing incoming discovery materials, and preparing, transmitting, and tracking discovery productions;
assisting attorneys with evaluating discovery or evidentiary materials' value or relevance to assigned criminal or civil cases;
conducting straightforward factual and legal research in support of assigned criminal or civil cases, utilizing legal databases and public sources;
drafting routine legal documents and correspondence, such as requests for extensions, letters transmitting discovery, routine notices, and written summaries of witness statements or documentary evidence;
assisting attorneys with hearing or trial preparation, such as by preparing trial subpoenas, assembling evidentiary exhibits, maintaining witness lists and schedules, and preparing demonstrative exhibits;
supporting attorneys during court proceedings or other live case presentations, such as by using trial presentation software and equipment to display exhibits or demonstratives, maintaining accounting system of exhibits, and managing witnesses.