Job Description

As a Financial Litigation Unit Paralegal, you will apply investigative, analytical, and legal research skills to support the enforcement of criminal and civil debt collection. You will serve as a key member of the litigation team, responsible for conducting financial investigations, preparing legal documents, and evaluating debtor assets. Your role will include drafting motions, analyzing financial records, coordinating with witnesses and agencies, and helping build legally sound cases in pursuit of debts owed to the U.S. government.

Responsibilities

• Conduct financial investigations and provide analytical services in the collection of criminal monetary penalties and civil debts
• Prepare and organize evidence and discovery to support debt collection
• Monitor the progress of pending cases to ensure legal pleadings, forms, reports, correspondence, & other documents are prepared & submitted in a timely manner
• Draft & prepare legal & administrative briefs, motions, foreclosures, garnishments, & other legal actions for review
• Analyze and interpret tax records and credit bureau reports to assess collectability and trace assets
• Use multiple computerized databases and research references to obtain data related to public records information, judgment and lien information, Secretary of State records, and publicly filed financial information
• Conduct interviews of debtors, third parties, employers, and agency officials to determine the effectiveness of pursuing legal action against debtors in default
• Independently prepares a variety of substantive legal documents to include various complaints, motions, judgments, garnishments, and other legal actions to affect necessary pre- and post-judgment action regarding debts owed to the U.S. government to be reviewed prior to filing

Requirements

• Examine and evaluates information in case files, for case litigation worthiness and appropriate titles of law
• Determine the need for additional information, independent surveys, evidence, and witnesses, and plans a comprehensive approach to obtain this information
• Through on-site visits, interviews, and review of records on operations, look for and evaluates the relevance and worth of evidence
• Selects, summarizes, and compiles comparative data to examine and evaluate respondent's deficiencies in order to provide evidence of illegal practices or patterns
• Review economic trends and forecasts at the national and regional level to evaluate the impact of successful prosecution and potential remedial provisions of ongoing investigations and litigation
• Identify types of record keeping systems and types of records maintained which would be relevant
• Gathers, sorts, and interprets data from various record systems including computer information systems
• Interview potential witnesses for information and prepares witnesses for court appearances
• Develop statistics and tabulations, such as standard deviations, regression analyses, and weighting, to provide leads and supportive data for case litigation
• Analyze data, develops recommendations and justifications for the attorney(s) who will take the matter to court
• Continues to work with the attorney(s) during the progress of the case, obtaining and developing further evidence and exhibits, providing administrative assistance, and maintaining custody of exhibits, documents, and files
• May appear in court as a witness to testify concerning exhibits prepared supporting plaintiff's case
• A high school degree is required but a college degree or paralegal certificate is preferred
• A minimum of 2 years paralegal experience is preferred
• Proficiency in various computer software programs (e.g., Word, Power Point, Excel, Outlook) required

Benefits

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