Job Description

Paralegal Responsibilities

• Apply broad set of knowledge and skills to effectively manage complex cases, demonstrating insight into legal procedures, project management, cost efficiencies, and collaborative skills; effectively identify, promote, and apply technologies to maximize efficiency in carrying out assignments.
• Manage complex cases; develop relationships, internally and externally, to gather data and information and to create networks of relevant resources and services.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects and prioritize assignments appropriately; determine and implement effective organizational and procedural methods.
• Review and analyze documents and data, perform procedural and factual research with understanding of client, matter, and business needs; provide insightful analysis, recommendations, and solutions to further case objectives.
• Create and maintain, or oversee maintenance of, files, documents, and data.
• Prepare and edit a range of written materials, including correspondence, memoranda, drafts of legal documents, and factual analyses.
• Oversee and provide guidance to other paralegals and temporary staff, as needed, through training and mentoring; provide feedback as appropriate on performance.
• Comply with administrative requirement to meet billable expectations; prepare and release timenotes on a daily basis; prepare and submit timecards on a weekly basis.

Litigation Responsibilities

• Assist in all phases of a matter from case inception through trial or resolution.
• Assist with document collections, document reviews, and document productions.
• Coordinate management of case documents, including organization, review and production of documents.
• Consult with firm’s eDiscovery Resource Management team to manage document databases and coordinate electronic discovery proceedings.
• Assist with the preparation of court filings, including cite and fact checking legal briefs, confirming proper Bluebook citation, proofreading, and assembling of exhibits and appendices.
• Assist with depositions, including preparation of witness files, exhibits, notices and subpoenas, and deposition summaries.
• Conduct factual or legal research; examine public records; monitor legislative and administrative proceedings as assigned; locate witnesses; trace documents and other physical evidence.
• Assist with trial preparation and logistics, including preparation of witness files, management of exhibits, setting up trial space, and attending trial, as required.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Seven years relevant experience in practice area or comparable work experience preferred.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $85,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Litigation: 4 years (Required)
• Law firm: 4 years (Required)
• Paralegal: 4 years (Required)

Work Location: On the road