Paralegal - Litigation

Job Description:

The Paralegal – Litigation is responsible for providing support and assistance to attorneys in the management, coordination, and administration of all aspects of the practice area within established administrative procedures. A hybrid work schedule is available for this position.

A career at Nixon Peabody is the opportunity to do work that matters. It’s the chance to use your knowledge to shape what’s ahead. To share, to innovate, to learn at a firm that taps the power of collective thinking.

We’ve created a dynamic, energizing environment that promotes success for our clients and each other. We offer fast growth, connectedness and training in business as well as law. And our rigorous standards assure you are part of a diverse team of top talent at every turn.

If you’re someone who’s looking toward the future, we’d love to hear from you.

Location: Albany, NY

• Refine and improve knowledge of various legal procedures, including emerging AI-driven legal workflows.
• Assist with trial preparation.
• Utilize legal research databases (i.e. Westlaw and Lexis).
• Understand and learn how to apply state and federal procedural rules.
• Coordinate service of process (local and nationwide).
• Draft removal documents for cases being removed from State court to Federal court.
• Understand Federal Court Electronic Filing and State Court Electronic Filing in several states.
• Review and edit legal documents. This includes spelling and grammar checks, fact checking, sherardizing legal authority, blue-booking legal citations, redactions, reviewing privilege logs and document formatting. Employ large language model (LLM)-based proofreading, citation-checking, and document review tools to enhance speed and accuracy, while exercising independent judgment to validate all AI-assisted outputs.
• Conduct research projects, including public records and publicly-available websites for information on individuals and entities.
• Manage discovery productions and/or liaise with eDiscovery Services to manage and organize discovery workspaces.
• Reports to clients and assist in maintaining communications.
• Draft routine motions and discovery requests and responses, using LLM drafting tools to produce initial drafts and applying careful human review to ensure compliance with applicable rules, court requirements, and firm standards.
• Tracks and completes projects within given deadlines.
• Provide status updates throughout the projects.
• Coordinate projects with direct supervision from attorneys and consultation with senior paralegals.
• Maintain awareness of evolving firm policies, ethical guidelines, and court rules governing the use of generative AI in legal practice, including disclosure obligations and confidentiality requirements when using LLM platforms.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  
  

To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential job responsibility listed above, satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation. Nixon Peabody retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position. The requirements listed below are representative of the skills and abilities required.

• 4-6 years of paralegal experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree required. Work experience in lieu of a degree will be considered.
• Paralegal Certificate preferred.
• Prior experience using AI-assisted legal tools in a litigation support capacity is strongly preferred.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to interact with internal and external personnel of all levels.
• Attention to detail with the ability to meet varying deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficient in some aspects of the practice area.
• Intermediate knowledge of practice support systems and group specific software.
• Continued willingness to learn and collaborate with senior paralegals, and to adapt to new AI tools and technologies as they are adopted by the firm.
• Proficient knowledge of applications typically used (i.e. Microsoft Office Suite, including Copilot features).
• Understand use of electronic databases (i.e. Relativity and NetDocuments, including maintaining extranet databases and case files.
  
  
  

Nixon Peabody LLP is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer: Disability / Veteran. Nixon Peabody is committed to creating a fair workplace and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

To comply with Federal law, Nixon Peabody participates in E-Verify. All newly hired employees are verified through this electronic system established by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) to confirm their identity and employment eligibility. Please refer to the Notice of E-Verify Participation and the Right to Work posters on the Nixon Peabody Careers page for more information.

In accordance with applicable Federal and State laws, the anticipated annual salary range for this position, depending on location, is as follows:

• Albany, NY: $63,500 to $90,750
  
  
  

In addition to a standard benefits package, this role may be eligible for additional contingent compensation based on an array of factors, including but not limited to: work performance, geographic location, work experience, education, and qualifications. Because such contingent compensation is not yet calculable or may be zero ($0) in some circumstances, the above-listed salary range(s) are Nixon Peabody’s good faith estimate of the annual salary(ies) it reasonably expects to pay for the position at the time of this posting.