Job Details

Job Summary

A Litigation Paralegal is responsible for providing Firm attorneys and specifically the Construction and Facilities practice group with the full range of litigation paralegal support.

This position will be assigned to the Construction &Facilities Practice Group (CFG) and will take direction from CFG attorneys, in addition to taking direction from the Director of Administration.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Work closely with attorneys and team members to oversee case management from inception through trial/settlement and post-trial/post-settlement;
• Draft, review, and revise legal documents; Cite-check briefs;
• Manage hard copy and electronic case documents, including email and electronic files; update discovery logs and indices; and prepare hard copy documents;
• Assist with document review and develop expertise in use of e-discovery technology and document review tools, including gaining the ability to prepare sets of documents to be produced and perform key-term searches over that data and ability to train other team members;
• Support and manage document productions;
• Assist with deposition and hearing preparation, including identifying and gathering exhibit documents and creating witness outlines;
• Perform litigation support duties such as Bates stamping exhibits, preparing spreadsheets and CDs, hyperlinking PDFs, reviewing litigation dockets, and ensuring that dates are calendared correctly;
• Draft and arrange for service of subpoenas;
• Obtain case-related documents informally from third parties;
• Coordinate among vendors for litigation support services;
• Monitor pending decisions and conduct legal research;
• Satisfy annual 1575 billable hour budget;
• Complete in a timely manner both (1) daily, accurate, and detailed billable-time entries and (2) timecards;
• Assist with document review and coordinate with Litigation Support Group for back-end database management using Relativity;
• Maintain regular, reliable, and punctual on-site attendance (3 @ office/ 2 @ WFH);
• Must be able to work effectively in a professional office environment, as well as remotely.
• Work overtime hours as needed;
• Travel as required for case support;
• Maintain composure and work efficiently and accurately during stressful, high-energy circumstances involving frequently changing priorities;
• Demonstrate excellent customer support;
• Work cordially, cooperatively and productively with Firm employees; and
• Other functions as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Ability to work and bill as a paralegal under Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code section 6450;
• A bachelor's degree or Paralegal Certificate from an ABA approved institution, plus a minimum of five years of experience working as a paralegal with a California law firm or in-house legal department;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills;
• Proficiency with latest Microsoft Office Suite and/or Office 365;
• Prior experience with iPro (or other eDiscovery software), and Adobe Acrobat Pro XI;
• Strong legal research database skills and experience with Westlaw and/or Lexis;
• Understanding and knowledge of legal procedures, rules of counsel, and local rules;
• Experience with eDiscovery;
• Excellent interpersonal skills;
• Ability to juggle multiple projects and respond quickly to changing priorities;
• Strong organizational skills;
• Ability to work well under pressure;
• Construction industry experience and/or work in a construction-related legal practice;
• Strong technical eDiscovery skills and understanding of litigation support;
• Prior experience using Trial Director;
• Trial experience; and
• Experience with Relativity or other data management systems, and with iManage 10 or other document management programs.