Paralegal

Washington, DC
Full-time
$25.58/hr
Posted Nov 9, 2026

Skills

Communication
Microsoft Excel
Recruiting

Job description

Leidos is seeking Paralegals in the Washington, D.C. area to support the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) Litigation Section, Torts Branch, at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). In this fast-paced role, you will work with the program and management team on workflows for claims processing and provide legal and technical support to DOJ attorneys.

This is an opportunity for a recent graduate to gain hands-on legal experience in a federal litigation setting. You will build skills in time and task management, critical thinking, problem solving, and explaining complicated issues clearly and concisely.

Primary Responsibilities:

•Perform intake and track hundreds to thousands of claims in any given matter.

•Enters claims filing information into an Excel tracking system

•Proofread settlement memos for content and details in formatting.

•Responds to DOJ attorney requests for filing information and retrieval

•Conducts simple to moderately complex database searches

•Performs simple legal research

•Assist DOJ attorneys in preparation for trials.

Basic Qualifications:

•Requires paralegal certificate, JD, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study. One (1) year of legal training or legal experience or at least two (2) years of college education may be substituted for the paralegal certificate.

•At least one (1) year of litigation paralegal experience or project experience.

•Experience with primary litigation with a solid general litigation experience, including support preparing for trial.

•Experience using Excel for creating tracking spreadsheets and developing processes for claims intake and review.

•Excellent written and oral communication skills.

•Experience with legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw.

Preferred Qualifications:

•Excellent proofreading skills.

•Strong organizational skills.

•Solid general litigation support experience

•Prior experience working in a Federal Government environment.

•Trial preparation experience

•Claims processing experience is a plus

•Experience with BlueBooking and Cite Checking.

•Experience with Relativity or another review platform is a plus.

This position is covered under the Service Contract Act and is subject to minimum requirements. Leidos ensures that all provisions are satisfied. The pay for this position will be $25.58/hr.

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Original Posting:

November 9, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range -

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.