What are the responsibilities and job description for the Paralegal position at Ogletree Deakins?
Position Summary
Ogletree Deakins’ Indianapolis, IN office has an opportunity for an experienced Litigation Paralegal to join its national labor and employment practice. In this role, the Paralegal will perform interesting, sophisticated, and substantive billable work to support Firm attorneys and Fortune 500 clients. This role does not require travel and offers a hybrid work schedule after a preliminary period. Our office is collegial and professional with a commitment to mutual respect in the workplace. We make career development a priority and provide access to expansive professional development training programs.
Essential Functions
Ogletree Deakins offers a robust suite of benefits for our Staff including: Paid Time Off, Paid Sick Leave, a 401(k) matching program, Profit Sharing, Paid Holidays, Paid Parental Leave, affordable Health and Life Insurance including Dental & Vision coverage, Health Savings Account /Flexible Spending Accounts to help offset the cost of dependent care and/or health care expenses, Tuition Reimbursement and an Employee Assistance Program.
Firm Overview
Ogletree Deakins is one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management in all types of employment-related legal matters. Best Law Firms® has named Ogletree Deakins a “Law Firm of the Year” for 14 consecutive years. In the 2025 edition, the publication named Ogletree Deakins its “Law Firm of the Year” in the Litigation – Labor and Employment category. Ogletree Deakins has more than 1,100 attorneys located in 59 offices across the United States and in Europe, Canada, and Mexico. The firm represents a diverse range of clients, including many of the Fortune 50 companies in the U.S.
We are fully committed to the importance of diversity within the legal profession, as well as all workplace environments.
Equal Opportunity Employer.
Ogletree Deakins’ Indianapolis, IN office has an opportunity for an experienced Litigation Paralegal to join its national labor and employment practice. In this role, the Paralegal will perform interesting, sophisticated, and substantive billable work to support Firm attorneys and Fortune 500 clients. This role does not require travel and offers a hybrid work schedule after a preliminary period. Our office is collegial and professional with a commitment to mutual respect in the workplace. We make career development a priority and provide access to expansive professional development training programs.
Essential Functions
- Research law, investigate facts, and independently prepare documents to assist attorneys with matters brought in state and federal courts and with administrative agencies
- Summarize complex legal documents
- Maintain, organize and index complex case files
- e-File pleadings with state and federal courts
- Prepare correspondence
- Draft a wide variety of legal documents, including notices, subpoenas, declarations, and form pleadings
- Cite check briefs and prepare supporting exhibits
- Assist with document collection, review, and production
- Provide attorney support for hearing and deposition preparation
- Prepare for mediations, arbitrations, and trials
- Provide attorney support during trials and arbitrations
- Communicate with witnesses and experts
- Assist with scheduling and coordinate with docketing team
- Record and enter billable time in a timely manner
- Paralegal certification from an accredited program or a Bachelor’s degree.
- 4 years of paralegal experience
- Experience in a labor/employment litigation practice preferred
- Strong communication, interpersonal, organizational/time management, and analytical skills
- Proficient in all Microsoft applications, including but not limited to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook; Lexis-Nexis and Westlaw, Intapp, LiveNote, Casemap, TimeMap, TrialDirector, Relativity, iManage or other document management systems, expense and billing systems.
Ogletree Deakins offers a robust suite of benefits for our Staff including: Paid Time Off, Paid Sick Leave, a 401(k) matching program, Profit Sharing, Paid Holidays, Paid Parental Leave, affordable Health and Life Insurance including Dental & Vision coverage, Health Savings Account /Flexible Spending Accounts to help offset the cost of dependent care and/or health care expenses, Tuition Reimbursement and an Employee Assistance Program.
Firm Overview
Ogletree Deakins is one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management in all types of employment-related legal matters. Best Law Firms® has named Ogletree Deakins a “Law Firm of the Year” for 14 consecutive years. In the 2025 edition, the publication named Ogletree Deakins its “Law Firm of the Year” in the Litigation – Labor and Employment category. Ogletree Deakins has more than 1,100 attorneys located in 59 offices across the United States and in Europe, Canada, and Mexico. The firm represents a diverse range of clients, including many of the Fortune 50 companies in the U.S.
We are fully committed to the importance of diversity within the legal profession, as well as all workplace environments.
Equal Opportunity Employer.