Job Description
Job Description
Job Responsibilities:
- Assisting with the preparation, filing and service of pleadings.
- Acting as liaison among all parties including court or other neutrals for scheduling and sharing information
- Organizing and managing documents, including the creation of spreadsheets and retrieval systems
- Coordinating the collection, review and production of documents and responding to discovery requests
- Assisting with trial preparation including the assembly of exhibits, witness binders and appendices for depositions and court filings
- Summarizing deposition and trial transcripts and exhibits
- Researching case-related factual issues using in-house files and outside reference sources
- Compiling information and, preparing statistics, charts, graphs and other summaries to detail the findings
Education and Experience Requirements:
- Paralegal certificate from an ABA accredited program preferred, or a combination of education and/or experience
- 3-5 years of significant and substantive litigation experience as a paralegal/legal assistant in a law firm setting.
- Experience drafting, cite-checking, and correcting legal briefs (trial and appellate).
- Experience managing medium to large-scale document productions.
- Proficiency with Document Review Software
- Working knowledge and competency with case management software
- Proficiency with word processing and spreadsheet software