Senior Litigation Paralegal

About This Role

Join our team as a Commercial Litigation Paralegal to support attorneys in all phases of litigation, trial preparation, and case management, ensuring efficient and professional legal operations.

Responsibilities

• Draft, prepare, and file pleadings, discovery requests, motions, and other litigation-based documentation.
• Aid attorneys in mediation, arbitration, and trial preparation.
• Draft and finalize real estate and transactional documentation at direction of attorney.
• Draft and revise formal correspondence.
• Schedule case events as it may pertain to discovery and case management, including depositions, hearings and meditations.
• Maintain attorney’s schedule with direction from attorney.
• Schedule client meetings and communicate with clients on a daily basis.
• Communicate and schedule matters with Judicial Assistants and Court Administrators on a daily basis.
• Assist with entry of billing entries and generation of invoices.
• Organize and maintain electronic client files.
• Perform conflict checks and open new client matters in practice management system.

Requirements

• Ability to take direction and work independently
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment completing multiple time-sensitive tasks daily
• Excellent word processing and proof-reading skills
• Excellent administrative skills
• Extremely professional, well organized, detail oriented, and ability to multitask in a high activity environment
• Ability to actively prioritize and re-prioritize assignments and operate well under pressure
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Qualifications

• Experience as a Litigation Paralegal is highly preferable.

Nice to Have

• Previous use of firm’s current practice management systems