Junior Paralegal - Medical and Life Sciences
About The Position
The Medical and Life Sciences team is looking for a Junior Paralegal to provide high-level administrative and litigation support to multiple attorneys, including the Industry Team Leader. This role involves maintaining medical record charts, assisting attorneys with litigation deadlines and court filings, transcribing correspondence, reviewing and analyzing document content, proofreading legal documents, maintaining litigation files, updating client lists, managing calendars, communicating with clients and external parties, preparing new client matter forms, processing expense reimbursements, handling mail, and performing document scanning and retrieval. The firm values collaboration, inclusion, ingenuity, respect, integrity, and commitment, and seeks individuals who can effectively multitask and meet deadlines in a fast-paced office setting.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience as a legal administrative assistant or transferable paralegal experience
- Defense litigation and mass torts experience
- Knowledge of e-discovery
- Strong communication and client service skills
- Excellent time management, multitasking, and organizational abilities
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint) including expertise with TOCs, TOAs, and Styles
Nice To Haves
- A bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Responsibilities
- Maintain medical record charts, including requesting, processing, organizing, and tracking medical records for clients within the Industry Team
- Assist attorneys with litigation deadlines, court filings, and case‑related administrative procedures
- Transcribe and type correspondence, memoranda and legal forms
- Review, evaluate and analyze document content and provide executive level summaries
- Proofread and ensure quality of legal documents
- Maintain organized and updated litigation files
- Update matters and client lists
- Maintain calendars and schedule appointments, meetings and conference calls
- Communicate with clients, courts, experts, vendors, and opposing counsel in a professional and timely manner
- Review and prepare new client matter forms
- Process check requests and expense reimbursements
- Handle incoming and outgoing mail
- Perform document scanning, profiling and retrieval
- Assist with other duties as needed
Benefits
- Salary information will vary depending upon relevant experience for the position, geographic locations and weekly hours schedule.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
