Paralegal III

The United States Attorney's Office (USAO) serves as the nation's principal litigators under the direction of the Attorney General. The Financial Litigation Unit (FLU) at the USAO is charged with enforcing and collecting criminal and civil debts owed to the United States. FLU's primary mission is to enforce criminal restitution judgments to ensure victims of crime are made whole. Civil recoveries are generally from delinquent student loans and small business loans, environmental penalties, bankruptcy judgments, and civil fraud prosecutions and penalties.

Responsibilities

• Conduct financial investigations and provide analytical services in the collection of criminal monetary penalties and civil debts. Draft and/or prepare letters, forms, & reports to initiate the collection of debts. Obtain & analyze financial information on debtors. Conduct interviews of debtors and agency officials to assist with the action of pursing legal action against debtors.
• Prepare and organize evidence and discovery to support debt collection. Sources of discovery include the defendant, the defendant's family members, the defendant's businesses, banks, brokerages, title insurers, lenders, employers, and credit grantors. Manages discovery & evidence in electronic and hard copy formats.
• Monitor the progress of pending cases to ensure legal pleadings, forms, reports, correspondence, & other documents are prepared & submitted in a timely manner. Examine & evaluate information in case files.
• Draft & prepare legal & administrative briefs, motions, foreclosures, garnishments, & other legal actions for review by AUSA. Develop legally supportable conclusions. Verify citations & statutory references.
• Analyze and interpret tax records and credit bureau reports to assess collectability and trace assets such as real property and personal accounts.
• Use multiple databases and research references such as agency manuals, directives, issuances, court reports, appellate records or legal publications to obtain data related to public records information, judgment and lien information, Secretary of State records, and publicly filed financial information. Determines which statutes, regulations, cases, procedures and/or policies need to be researched. Prepare the initial summary, organize the research, & determine what is pertinent to the case.
• 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 

• Paralegal Certificate with at least one-year paralegal experience; or High School Diploma/GED with at least three-years' paralegal experience

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