What are the responsibilities and job description for the Litigation Paralegal position at Hill Wallack LLP?
Litigation Paralegal- Princeton
Hill Wallack LLP has an immediate opening for a litigation paralegal in our Princeton office. Candidate must have 3 years previous paralegal experience in civil litigation with employment law experience.
Essential functions and job duties include:
- Review and file documents
- Understand the role of electronically stored information (ESI) in the discovery process and be able to manage discovery involving ESI
- Identify relevant information, witnesses, third party documents and information to subpoena
- Prepare discovery, court papers and trial binders
- Prepare subpoenas, letters, public records request, and authorizations
- Work with preferred vendors for record retrieval, expert retention, depositions/court reporters, private investigators.
- Schedule depositions, client meetings, and witness interviews
- Prepare discovery requests, responses, and summaries of the same.
- Summarize various records (medical; employment; tax; educational; surveillance, etc.)
- Summarize depositions
- Index discovery
- Gather relevant documents for attorney’s use in depositions, meetings, telephone conferences, trial etc.
- WestlawNext research to retrieve cases, locate witnesses and obtain background information.
- Ability to check a brief for proper case citations and quotations
- Social media research.
- Bill and enter time
- Maintain calendar for compliance and meeting deadlines
- Open new business matters and prepare retainer agreements
- Electronically file trial and appellate court papers
Ideal candidate will possess excellent communication and writing skills; be familiar with Outlook, Word and e-discovery platforms.
Must have a BA degree.
Job Type: Full-time, in-office, opportunity for two days remote after introductory period
Experience:
- Paralegal: 3 years (Preferred)
- Civil litigation: 3 years (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- Accredited paralegal program certification (Preferred)
