Job Title: Legal Assistant/Paralegal

Location: Downtown, San Diego, CA

Rate of Pay: DOE

Downtown San Diego Personal Injury & Elder Abuse Law Firm is seeking candidates with 2-7 years experience to fill a Legal Assistant/Paralegal position.

We are looking for someone to join our team that has experience with a firm that is heavy on litigation and that has experience with personal injury. The perfect person who would fit our team would be extremely self-sufficient, motivated, able to draft pleadings and discovery for attorneys, draft demand letters, know the ins and outs of preparing for trial, and be a pleasant person to be around.

Experience/Skills

• Excellent grammatical and spelling skills
• Mastery of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.), Adobe Acrobat Pro, WestLaw, Drop box, and LexisNexis
• Knowledge of calendaring and deadlines (discovery, motions, subpoenas, trial deadlines, etc.)
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
• Able to manage priorities and workflow
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work well with others
• Attention to detail
• Knowledge of court deadlines

Duties

• Compose, draft, and edit documents in accordance with the Firm's standards
• Prepare drafts of pleadings
• Prepare drafts of discovery requests and responses
• Prepare correspondence
• Coordinate with the court for setting a variety of different hearings
• Maintain records logs, including by monitoring informal discovery, document requests, and document productions
• Organize and prepare exhibits for correspondence and filings
• Assist with document review/summarization/deposition summaries
• Prepare attorneys for conferences, depositions, hearings, and mediation
• Manage scheduling and the attorneys’ calendars
• Trial preparation

If you would like to apply for this position, please send your resume, your LinkedIn profile (if you have one), salary requirements, and why you think you’d be a good fit for this job to the email associated with this posting.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $27.00 - $30.00 per hour

Experience:

• Microsoft Office: 2 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• San Diego, CA 92101 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• San Diego, CA 92101: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person