Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP is a national class-action and complex litigation law firm that takes on the world's largest corporations and entities, fighting for the rights of consumers, employees, student-athletes, investors, whistleblowers, and others. In the firm's 31 years of practice, Hagens Berman has earned a reputation as one of the most feared plaintiffs’ firms in the nation, willing to go above and beyond in the fight for our clients’ rights. Our determination and expert skill are second to none in the plaintiffs' bar, and our opponents know our name well.

Founded in 1993, Hagens Berman has recovered settlements valued at more than $322 billion for our clients across our various practice areas. Our legal team has achieved record-breaking settlements and believes in helping those most in need. The firm's tenacious spirit has earned it prestigious awards, including repeatedly being named one of the top 10 plaintiffs’ firms in the US. Read more about our cases, history, success record, and awards. Follow the firm’s progress on Facebook, X/Twitter and LinkedIn.

The Pasadena office of Hagens Berman is looking for a bright and motivated paralegal to join our team. We’re a collection of smart, dedicated, and creative lawyers and staff working on some of the most high quality, cutting edge litigation in the country. We’re really proud of the work we do and need another paralegal to help with our busy caseload, as well as some administrative tasks. While our office is small with three lawyers and a senior paralegal, we work closely with the other offices at Hagens Berman so you would also be interfacing with attorneys and paralegals across the country. We pride ourselves on having a pleasant and collegial, no-drama office, so if you think you might be a good fit, please apply! And if you are a quick learner please apply even if you don’t know how to do everything we list below or have every qualification, because we will teach you!

Responsibilities:

• Assisting in preparing briefs for filing, including formatting to comply with court rules, cite-checking, conforming to stylistic preferences, and proofreading.
• Pulling and preparing exhibits in support of briefing and drafting corresponding declarations.
• Preparing redacted versions of documents based on confidentiality designations and motions to file unredacted versions under seal.
• Filing and serving court documents, including responsibility for sending hard copy courtesy copies and email service of proposed order to judges.
• Assisting with investigation on potential cases.
• Drafting shell discovery and correspondence.
• Coordinating document productions, including bates-numbering and redactions.
• Organizing and tracking documents produced in discovery, including maintenance of production logs and indexing of certain documents.
• Performing searches for documents produced in discovery in electronic document review system.
• Preparing materials for oral arguments, depositions, mediations, and trial.
• Drafting and tracking pro hac vice applications.
• Assisting in maintaining a paperless internal filing system, including scanning and filing of documents in document management system.
• Calendaring legal deadlines.
• Keeping track of time worked for purposes of cost recovery.
• Some administrative tasks including answering calls to main line; setting up court reporters, court calls, and conference calls; making travel arrangements; preparing expense reports and credit card reconciliations; ordering office supplies as needed; coordinating equipment maintenance/repair; and entering time for attorneys.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with 2-5 years of experience as a litigation paralegal.
• Ability to understand legal concepts and terminology.
• Knowledge of the rules regulating paralegals.
• Knowledge of state/federal/appellate court rules and procedures, and the skills to find and understand those in multiple jurisdictions.
• Knowledge of state/federal/appellate court ECF e-filing systems, and the ability to learn e-filing systems in other jurisdictions.
• Knowledge of Westlaw and LexisNexis.
• Ability to work independently, organize and prioritize workload, and adapt to changing priorities.
• Ability to follow precise written and verbal instructions.
• Ability to perform under tight deadlines and maintain patience in high-pressure situations.
• Strong working knowledge of advanced functions of Microsoft Office (including Word, Outlook and Excel), Adobe Acrobat, and other litigation support applications.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, planning, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Must manage highly confidential information with professionalism and unquestionable integrity.

Salary Range: $75,000 - $100,000 depending on experience, plus bonus.

Full time employees become eligible for several benefits on the first of the month following hire, including medical, dental, vision, HSA, life insurance, AD&D, EAP, 401K, LTD and STD. Also available is a voluntary FSA, and transit and parking benefits.

If you are interested in applying for an open position at Hagens Berman, please send your resume and a cover letter to Heather Enoki at resumes@hbsslaw.com. All employment inquiries will be kept confidential. Only selected candidates will be contacted. No phone calls please.