Job Details

Responsibilities

• Preparing litigation documents
• Drafting correspondence and memoranda
• Setting appointments, meetings and depositions
• Preparing deposition and trial exhibits
• Document editing and light word processing (process own work)
• Legal research and cite‐checking
• Factual investigation
• Contact with clients and potential clients
• Coordinating updates and revisions to the firm website
• Filing and serving legal documents in State and Federal (electronically and hard copy)
• Managing and organizing data and documents, creating and managing litigation databases
• Searching and retrieving electronic discovery from electronic databases and other sources
• Managing administrative, calendar and records functions

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience as a civil litigation paralegal, preferably with mid to large firm experience
• Excellent organizational and communication (verbal and written) skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to meet deadlines and prioritize assignments
• Ability to work collaboratively with coworkers and managers
• Ability to maintain calm and sense of humor under occasionally stressful work conditions
• Willing to work overtime (nights and weekends) as required
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of projects from start to finish
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs
• Proficiency with Lexis
• Experience with Relativity, Summation, Concordance, Case Map and/or other legal document storage and retrieval/database programs
• Strong familiarity with basic legal documents (pleadings, motions and discovery) and a firm understanding of basic litigation procedures

Physical Requirements

Ability to lift up to 25 pounds of documents. Ability to read information on a computer monitor for up to 10 hours a day, when needed.