Support the US Attorney's Office Financial Litigation Unit by extracting case information from LIONS, PACER, and sentencing documents; create case folders and initial legal correspondence; generate and secure investigative reports (Lexis-Nexis, credit, BOP Sentry); coordinate with prosecutors, investigators, probation officers and court clerks to enforce restitution judgments.
Job Summary & Responsibilities
Be a part of the nationwide law enforcement initiative that removes the tools of crime from criminal organizations, depriving wrongdoers of proceeds from their crime and impacting the infrastructure of criminal enterprises.
FSA Federal (FSA) is focused on delivering unsurpassed services in support of law enforcement and homeland security. We currently have a vacancy for a Data Analyst (Legal Assistant). In this role, you will be supporting the overall mission of the United States Attorneys Office Financial Litigation Unit. If you are looking for a meaningful, mission driven career, Join FSA!
Responsibilities
- The main functions of the position consist of extract information from LIONS, PACER, the Judgment in a Criminal Case and the Pre-sentence Report, and open criminal cases with minimal supervision.
- Promptly creates a case folder, and generates the initial demand letter, lien, probation letter/ prison letter, priority code memorandum and memorandum to the victim-witness coordinator.
- Delivers the case folder and opening documents to the FLU agent/investigator in a timely manner Coordinates with the criminal prosecutors, financial investigators within the Financial Litigation Unit, probation officers, and Clerk of the District Court to ensure that the Government is able to enforce restitution judgments on behalf of victims of crime.
- Generates reports for the Financial Litigation Unit to assist in criminal and civil debt collection, such as, the pre-sentence report from the United States Probation Department, Lexis-Nexis asset reports, credit reports, and the United States Bureau of Prison Sentry report.
- Ensure reports are run promptly and all sensitive reports are maintained in a secured manner.
Requirements
- High School diploma, bachelor's Degree preferred
- Strong analytical skills and researching factual and legal issues in complex criminal and civil matters.
- Ability to review and analyze data and information from multiple sources
- Ability to establish case/project files
- Ability to enter and retrieve data from data bases
- Ability to prepare and format management reports
- Ability to manipulate, transfer, and compute and print information
- Ability to create and manipulate spreadsheets
- Ability to prepare and correct reports and correspondence using word processing software
This position requires U.S. Citizenship and a 7 (or 10) year minimum background investigation.
Agency Overview
The Financial Litigation Unit of the US Attorney's Office (USAO) litigates debt collection issues and enforces collection of criminal and civil debts owed to the United States or to victims of federal crime.
Benefits Overview
At FSA Federal, we recognize the diverse needs of our employees and strive to provide an excellent package to help meet those needs. Comprehensive benefits are offered with greater choice and flexibility to support your health, work-life balance, and professional growth. A package providing employee only coverage can be built around our basic plans at $0 employee cost for: Medical, Dental, Vision, Term Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Employee Assistance Program. For more information, click here.
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