What are the responsibilities and job description for the Paralegal position at Capstone Search Partners?
The Opportunity: Litigation Paralegal 💎
Send resumes to: Hayley.Christina@Capstonesp.com
About the Firm
Our client, a sophisticated and vibrant law firm with a dynamic commercial litigation practice, is seeking an experienced Commercial Litigation Paralegal to join their growing team. This is an excellent opportunity for a highly organized, detail-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative legal environment and is eager to contribute meaningfully to complex litigation matters. Our client offers a collaborative and energetic workplace culture, exposure to complex and high-profile commercial litigation matters, and the opportunity to work alongside accomplished attorneys who value teamwork and professional growth.
Position Overview
The Commercial Litigation Paralegal will support attorneys in all phases of litigation, from case inception through trial and appeal. The ideal candidate will possess strong research, drafting, and organizational skills, along with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct legal research of statutes, regulations, rules, judicial decisions, legal articles, treaties, constitutions, and codes as requested by attorneys.
- Draft correspondence, pleadings, subpoenas, motions, discovery requests and responses, proposed orders, and documents required to initiate legal proceedings and appeals, subject to attorney review and approval.
- Investigate factual matters by reviewing documents, interviewing witnesses, and researching public records and electronic information sources.
- Prepare chronologies, summaries, memoranda, charts, affidavits, and other analytical materials for attorney review.
- Coordinate conventional and electronic filing of pleadings, motions, briefs, proposed orders, and other submissions with court clerks.
- Track and assist in docketing litigation deadlines, including pleadings, discovery, pretrial, briefing, and appeal deadlines.
- Arrange and coordinate service of subpoenas to witnesses and parties.
- Gather and organize documents and potential exhibits for discovery, hearings, trials, and appeals; identify privileged and confidential materials for attorney review.
- Assist with vendors, including copying services, investigators, process servers, court reporting services, and temporary clerical staff.
- Summarize testimony from depositions, hearings, and trials; conduct searches within electronic litigation databases.
- Review the accuracy and validity of citations and quotations in briefs; prepare indices and tables of authorities; organize exhibits and appendices.
- Assist in scheduling and preparing witnesses for depositions, hearings, and trial testimony.
Qualifications
- Prior experience in commercial litigation within a law firm environment.
- Strong legal research and writing skills.
- Proficiency in e-filing systems and electronic litigation databases.
- Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from an accredited four-year college or university; or
- Associate’s degree with at least two (2) years of prior relevant experience; or
- High School Diploma (or equivalent) with at least five (5) years of prior relevant experience; or
- An equivalent combination of education and experience.