Paralegal, Litigation
About The Position
Ballard Spahr, which recently combined with Lane Powell PC, is a renowned national law firm with more than 750 lawyers across 19 offices in the United States. A career at Ballard Spahr offers a diverse group of mentors, colleagues, and friends, and strong leadership that provides support and encouragement for career growth. The selected individual will handle large caseloads, prepare drafts of legal and other documents and correspondence for attorney review; compile, analyze and summarize information; and coordinate efforts between attorneys, clients, outside legal counsel, opposing legal counsel, other parties, and outside vendors. The position will be resident in the Portland office with the ability to travel to the Seattle office as projects require. This position is hybrid and offers a work schedule of 3 days a week in the office.
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree and/or paralegal certificate and a minimum of 7 years of law firm experience as a litigation paralegal.
- Deep knowledge of state and federal court rules, procedures, and electronic filing requirements.
- Proficiency in document management software (NetDocs), Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, Adobe PDF.
Nice To Haves
- Experience handling class action, labor and employment, or bankruptcy litigation is highly desirable.
- Strong experience with electronic discovery platforms (Relativity) and docketing software (Court Alert) is highly desirable.
Responsibilities
- Managing large and complex caseloads, including class action matters.
- Case organization and discovery.
- Fact gathering and research.
- Drafting legal documents and preparing correspondence for attorney review.
- Court document preparation and filing (electronic and paper) in all State and Federal Courts.
- Assisting with all phases of trial, arbitration, hearing, and depositions.
- Compiling, analyzing, and summarizing information.
- Coordinating efforts with attorneys, clients, outside counsel, opposing counsel, other parties, and vendors.
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- health savings accounts
- flexible spending accounts
- short and long-term disability
- a 401(k)-retirement savings plan
- paid time off
- sick leave
- paid holidays
- an employee assistance program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
