What are the responsibilities and job description for the Paralegal position at NextEraHR.Services?
Labor Advocate Law Firm’s legal team is growing, and we are looking for the right people to grow with us. We are currently seeking an aggressive, passionate, smart, creative and results oriented Paralegal to support our team of Legal Counsels. Be a part of something bigger and make a difference paving the way for the legal team.
Paralegal Job Responsibilities:
- Assisting with the preparation, filing and service of pleadings.
- Acting as liaison among all parties including court or other neutrals for scheduling and sharing information.
- Organizing and managing documents, including the creation of spreadsheets and retrieval systems.
- Coordinating the collection, review and production of documents and responding to discovery requests.
- Assisting with trial preparation including the assembly of exhibits, witness binders and appendices for depositions and court filings.
- Summarizing deposition and trial transcripts and exhibits.
- Researching case related factual issues using inhouse files and outside reference sources.
- Compiling information and, preparing statistics, charts, graphs and other summaries to detail the findings.
Required Technical Skills:
- Legal writing
- Business communications
- Familiarity with the law (especially in the firm’s core focus area)
- Legal terminology
- Research
- Investigation
- Client and witness interviewing
- Productivity software
- Rules of confidentiality
- Legal processes and procedures
- Law library maintenance
- Appointment setting
Mandatory Experience:
- CP, PP or CLP
- Experience in both litigation and transactions.
- Experience drafting basic pleadings and motions.
- Organizational skills evidenced by experience.
- Technology proficiency and willingness to learn new technology.
- 5 years of experience.
- Willingness to work in office 5 days per week.
Preferred Experience:
- Experience in a law firm that handles business litigation.
- Experience with G-Suite and Gmail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Degree preferred.
Labor Advocate Law Firm is an EOE providing competitive compensation plus benefits. For consideration candidates must submit their resume in Word or PDF format with salary requirements.