Litigation Paralegal

This Law Firm a Mid-sized highly respected law firm with over 70 attorneys across several East Coast States is currently seeking a Litigation Paralegal to assist with daily matters listed below.

The firm focuses on litigation and business law to support their clients that range from Fortune 500 and large privately-held companies to municipal entities, small businesses and partnerships in a broad diversity of industries and business sectors. With each representation, the highly skilled attorneys work to ensure that matters are addressed practically and efficiently, and in a manner best suited for that client.

Please only apply if you have class action, complex/commercial litigation, product liability, or federal litigation experience. Defense and Plaintiff will be considered.

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401K
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Bonus

Managing the lifecycle of active matters/cases and monitoring case progress.
Deposition and trial preparation by way of:
Conducting legal research for litigation or legal briefs,
Identifying, compiling, researching, and analyzing information prior to preparing reports and exhibits,
Preparing case files, binders, summaries, and other paper/electronic case materials such as witness binders, pre-trial binders, and compilation of trial exhibits, and
Coordinating and preparing witnesses testimony at trial and depositions.
Preparing general motions, pleadings, subpoenas, and other documents as requested.
Responding to discovery requests.
Electronic filing of pleadings such as Appearances, Answers, and all pretrial and dispositive Motions in state and federal courts.
Logging and entering in billable time to Prolaw billing system.

Skills:

At least 7 years’ experience supporting attorneys in commercial/complex litigation.
Experience with county, state, and federal courts, including knowledge of CM/ECF filing.
Strong attention to detail in all work.
Ability to manage multiple files and to prioritize workloads to effectively meet all deadlines.
Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to interact professionally with all levels of management, staff, and clients.
Forward thinking, organized, and a team player.
Ability to independently solve problems and exercise sound judgment with minimal direction.
Experience with litigation technology applications such as eDiscovery Point, Case Notebook, and Relativity.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products – Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Paralegal Certificate preferred.
Experience with iManage and Prolaw a plus.