Legal Administrative Specialist

Legal Administrative Specialist

Department: Department of Justice

Location(s): London, Kentucky

Salary Range: $61722 - $80243 Per Year

Job Summary: For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit www.justice.gov/usao/ As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.

Major Duties:

• As a Legal Administrative Specialist, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing a variety of litigation and trial support services to the United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Kentucky. Duties will include (but are not limited to): - Serving as the primary support specialist for discovery in criminal or affirmative civil enforcement matters, including by coordinating with client agencies to preserve and collect materials that may be needed for discovery, reviewing incoming materials to assess responsiveness, organizing complex and voluminous materials for efficient review by the case team, preparing materials for production, and maintaining detailed indices of materials received and produced. - Providing technical advice to Assistant United States Attorneys on ways to make efficient and effective use of litigation support software to organize, review, produce, and present case materials and evidence, including for purposes of discovery and trial. - Analyzing and summarizing documentary and other evidence, drawing upon knowledge of the legal and factual issues in the Government's case. - Drafting a variety of legal documents such as subpoenas and other discovery requests, discovery correspondence, and routine pleadings, motions, proposed orders, and notices. - Assisting attorneys in pretrial preparations, including by managing and preparing witnesses, and by drafting witness lists, exhibit lists, and trial subpoenas. - Preparing and organizing exhibits and demonstratives for hearings and trials, which may include voluminous documents, demonstratives such as summary charts and diagrams, and audio and video clips. - Assisting attorneys during trials and other court proceedings, including by managing exhibits and operating trial presentation software in the courtroom. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

Qualifications: GS-9: To be qualified at the GS-9 grade level you must meet at least one of the following conditions below. Specialized Experience: At least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as performing the following types of duties: Working in a legal environment providing technical assistance and a range of case support to attorneys on preparing, organizing, indexing, and managing discovery, exhibits, and other case-related materials; reviewing litigation support requirements to recommend appropriate strategies to meet litigation needs; preparing legal documents such as pleadings, subpoenas, motions and proposed orders, discovery correspondence, and trial-related documents; using litigation support technology such as Trial Director, CaseMap, Relativity, or similar programs to organize case information for efficient retrieval and review, or to prepare computerized trial presentations; reviewing and summarizing documentary and other evidence to facilitate case development; and providing in-courtroom support during legal proceedings, including by operating trial presentation software and managing exhibits. -OR- Education: Education in a related field: a J.D. or LL.B; OR a Master's or equivalent graduate degree or higher (in a related field, e.g. Law, Criminal Justice, Public Administration, Business Administration); OR 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree. -OR- Combining Education and Experience: Combinations of specialized experience and graduate education which when combined equal 100% of the requirements. (Only graduate education in excess of 1 full year is creditable.) You MUST meet all qualification requirements, including time-in-grade, by 04/27/2026 of this announcement. Your resume must support your responses to the application questionnaire and the qualification requirements. Failure to do so may result in an ineligible rating. See the Required Documents section for important notes about what must be included in your resume.

How to Apply: To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit your supporting documentation. Your complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 04/27/2026 to receive consideration. Click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process. You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application. NEED HELP? If you need help with USAJOBs or the application process, please see the USAJOBS Help or Application Manager Online Help websites which includes information on managing your account, creating an application, uploading documents, etc. Reasonable Accommodation: To request reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please contact DeShawn Gordon at deshawn.gordon@usdoj.gov or 859-685-4845 for assistance.

Application Deadline: 2026-04-27