Paralegal Specialist

1 month ago


Washington, Washington, D.C., United States Department Of The Treasury Full time
Summary

Office of Chief Counsel, IRS, seeks enthusiastic individuals to serve taxpayers fairly and with integrity by providing correct and impartial interpretation of the internal revenue laws and the highest quality legal advice and representation for the IRS. Please click "Learn more about this agency" to find out more about Chief Counsel's various offices, to view some of the workplace attributes that Chief Counsel's workforce rates most favorably, and to hear from employees themselves.



Duties

The Associate Chief Counsel, Procedure & Administration located in Washington, DC, comprises approximately 100 attorneys and 80 support personnel. The primary work areas provide legal services in federal tax procedure and administration. The office's responsibilities include legal issues arising out of the assessment and collection of federal taxes, bankruptcy, ethics, abatement, credits, refunds of federal taxes, disclosure of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act matters, and judicial proceedings which include technical electronic discovery (eDiscovery) litigation support.

As a Paralegal Specialist you will:

  • Process requests for background file documents and underlying written determinations and select documents to be disclosed to the public pursuant to provisions of 6110.
  • Examine Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and coordinate searches for documents maintained within the National Office of Chief Counsel.
  • Make determinations of a judgmental nature regarding requests for document delays.
  • Research and assist in the preparation of legal opinions and formulated advice on a variety of legal tax problems.
  • Draft and redact non-legal memoranda, research reports and correspondence relating to cases.
  • Perform legal research using automated systems and research tools.
  • Develop and perform queries, run reports and retrieve documents from internal sources.

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