What are the responsibilities and job description for the Paralegal position at Corgi?
Locations: Columbus, OH
Type: Full-Time
Compensation: Competitive salary based on experience
About the Firm
Bulldog Trial Lawyers ("the Firm") is a plaintiff-side employment law firm supported by Corgi. The Firm represents workers in cases involving wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and unpaid wages.
About the Role
The Litigation Paralegal will be working closely with talented attorneys on an active docket of plaintiff-side employment matters, providing hands-on assistance before, during, and after trial. The practice moves quickly, so you'll play a central part in keeping filings, deadlines, and hearings on track.
Responsibilities
- Draft complaints, pleadings, motions, affidavits, legal memoranda, and correspondence for attorney review.
- Handle discovery requests and responses, including interrogatories.
- Conduct legal research and factual investigation, gathering information from a variety of sources.
- E-file documents in state and federal courts and arrange service of summonses.
- Calendar depositions, mediations, hearings, and deadlines.
- Summarize deposition transcripts.
- Prepare trial binders, exhibits, briefs, and appendices.
- Coordinate witness preparation and trial logistics.
- Review and organize evidence, including employment files, medical records, and damages documentation.
- Maintain electronic case files and pleadings and discovery indexes.
- Serve as liaison between the trial team and courts, opposing counsel, and vendors.
- Work with case managers to gather client documents and share case updates.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree with a paralegal certificate, or equivalent work experience, preferred.
- 1 years of litigation experience, with plaintiff-side employment experience preferred.
- Working knowledge of motions, discovery, evidence, court rules, and procedures.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as attention to detail.
- Highly organized, able to multitask, prioritize multiple deadlines, and manage a workload with a positive attitude and minimal supervision.