paralegal specialist

Summary

This National Guard position is for a PARALEGAL SPECIALIST, Position Description Number D and is part of the OH CoS Command Admin Office, Ohio Army National Guard.

The primary purpose of this position is for Paralegal support within the state/territory Staff Judge Advocate's Office providing ancillary legal research and analysis and Managing the state ARNG Freedom of Information Act Program.

Duties

As a PARALEGAL SPECIALIST, GS , you will perform the following duties:

Provides ancillary legal work to state/territory SJA and other assigned Army National Guard(ARNG) and Air National Guard (ANG) attorneys servicing the state/territory National Guard's caseload.

Conducts legal research of Federal and state/territory code, regulations, policies, procedures, case law, legal and administrative decisions and opinions, etc., and summarizes findings to aide staff attorneys in case or project resolution.

Research is performed on a variety of legal subjects which may include, but are not limited to:

Federal and state/territory code, and legislative proposals or intent; military justice and status issues for Title 10 and Title 32 members; claims; labor relations; equal opportunity; administrative actions; contractual agreements; ethics; environmental concerns; law enforcement; bankruptcy; taxation; legal assistance; and a wide variety of miscellaneous legal issues.

Interviews clients and potential witnesses; collects and organizes pertinent factual and research material to build case files; and prepares and organizes exhibits.

Composes, prepares, and ensures accuracy of various legal or legislative documents.

Provides research, analysis, guidance, and support to administer courts-martial, non-judicial punishment, administrative boards and other legal actions and administrative processes.

Reviews procedures, timing criteria and documents relative to the administration of justice under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and associated state/territory code.

Performs research to identify factual and legal issues to uncover relevant information for summaries of precedent cases, interviews, testimony, depositions, and related case material for use by the attorneys.

Performs research and preparation of notes and memoranda regarding allegations and possible charges, maintains logs and files, and files motions.

Prepares and files charge sheets, disposition sheets, and other records. Maintains transcript files and exhibits. Provides assistance to serviced units concerning the administrative preparation, coordination, and implementation of documents regarding military justice.

Manages the Preventative Law Program.

Facilitates legal training for unit readiness non-commissioned officers (NCOs) and Directorate of Manpower and Personnel (J1) personnel, or others by request, on a variety of topics including but not limited to: the military justice system (both Federal and state/territory), inquiries and investigations, unlawful command influence, adverse administrative actions, administrative separations, the Lautenberg Amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968, urinalysis testing and other issues affecting traditional guard members and NG full-time employees.

Manages the SJA portion of the state/territory Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) program.

Advises senior leaders and organizational managers on the suitability of various disputes for resolution through the use of ADR methodologies by promoting program awareness, as well as planning for and providing timely advice or support needed to employ ADR program interventions.

Develops, plans, or generates guidance for existing dispute processes to ensure they interface with National Guard Bureau (NGB) ADR goals.

Works to implement the most appropriate form of ADR that both meets and is able to address the needs of the disputants.

Analyses the qualifications, experience, training and subject matter expertise of neutrals and recommends the selection of specific one.

Works with managers, supervisors, and employees to prevent and resolve problems and to build constructive relationships in the work environment.

Serves as the primary point of contact for claims.

Accepts complaint, summons, documents, or inquiries; identifies the type or purpose; screens for completeness; and identifies the action to be performed.

As required by the action, performs preliminary investigation and gathers pertinent information, researches legal and factual issues, interviews claimant, involved parties and potential witnesses and builds case files, and recommends disposition of claim.

Manages the ARNG Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Program.

Accepts and responds to requests for ARNG records from the public; reviews the records and recommends redaction of information exempted from disclosure under 5 U.S.C.

552; and works with the National Guard Bureau, Office of Information Practices, the FOIA Denial Authority for ARNG records, to prepare a response to the records request.

Performs other duties as assigned.

*The above duty description does not contain all details of the official position description.

A copy of the entire position description can be found on FASCLASS by searching the position description (PD#:
PDD1241000).

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