What are the responsibilities and job description for the Appellate Paralegal position at Trustpoint.One?
Trustpoint.One is pleased to collaborate with a top-tier international law firm in its search for an Appellate Paralegal. This role provides support to attorneys in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice including Supreme Court and Appellate practice. The position offers hybrid flexibility.
Appellate Paralegal Job Responsibilities:
- Proofread, edit, and cite check fact and legal citations in memoranda (appellate and Supreme Court)
- Check appellate and Supreme Court cites including joint appendices
- Create page-proof and final versions of briefs
- Utilize litigation research tools like Westlaw, Lexis, and PACER
- Act as liaison with the firm’s Document Services team and other departments to coordinate tables of contents and tables of authorities, final formatting, and specialized printing of briefs, per guidelines in various jurisdictions
- Assist attorneys prepare for oral arguments
- Coordinate with case team and e-discovery personnel regarding data collection
- Manage complex case files; review discovery materials by performing relevance, confidentiality, and privilege reviews
- Create discovery templates. Prepare for depositions and create witness files
- Analyze and summarize documents
- Conduct factual research and perform due diligence research
- Prepare key fact chronologies and create demonstrative exhibits
- Coordinate with the firm’s Docket team to ensure all filings adhere to relevant rules and deadlines
- Attend and provide support at trial, including monitoring documents and evidence; assuring presence of witnesses; preparing and monitoring visual aids; taking notes on testimony; tracking of exhibits; digesting trial transcripts; interacting with clients, witnesses, experts, court clerks, and vendors; mentoring junior paralegal trial team members
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Paralegal certificate from ABA approved paralegal program preferred
- At least eight years of substantive litigation experience as a Litigation Paralegal in a law firm setting preferred
- Trial, arbitration, or mediation experience preferred
- Appellate experience preferred
- Possess a thorough understanding of how to research court rules in preparation for filings
- Proficiency with iManage, Microsoft Suite, Westlaw, Lexis, and PACER
- Knowledge of Relativity and general database management
- Working knowledge with legal case management software such as OPUS 2 preferred
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
All candidates must be able to work on a computer screen for a sustained amount of time.
Trustpoint.One provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Qualified Appellate Paralegals should submit a resume in Word format.