Sr. Litigation Paralegal & Operations Manager
About The Position
Affinity Consulting Group is partnering with a growing boutique employment litigation firm to hire a Senior Employment Litigation Paralegal & Operations Manager. This role is the primary operational engine of the litigation practice, combining independent litigation support with firm operations, intake, and administration. The paralegal will manage discovery from start to finish, maintain court timelines, and help improve the firm's systems while supporting sophisticated employment matters, including negotiations, trials, and arbitrations. The firm is fully remote by design and offers a flexible, family-friendly environment focused on trust, accountability, precision, and outcomes. The candidate must live in the Atlanta area and be able to attend in-person trials and arbitration hearings there when needed. Approximately 60% of the role is litigation discovery and case management, including drafting discovery, managing documents and subpoenas, preparing for depositions and trials, and handling docketing and e-filing. The remaining 40% is firm operations, intake, and administration, including billing logistics, intake workflow management, client and vendor relations, and maintaining and refining standard operating procedures and automated communications.
Requirements
- At least 3–5 years of litigation paralegal experience in a fast-paced practice.
- Strong hands-on discovery experience, including drafting requests and responses with minimal attorney oversight.
- Experience with Clio Manage, Clio Grow, or similar legal practice-management systems.
- Familiarity with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and state and federal court filing portals.
- Exceptional organization, proofreading, written communication, and deadline-management skills.
- Self-directed, dependable, and comfortable working independently in a remote environment.
- Live in the Atlanta area and be able to attend in-person trials and arbitration hearings there when needed.
Nice To Haves
- Employment-law experience; transferable litigation experience will also be considered.
Responsibilities
- Independently draft propounded and responded-to Form and Special Interrogatories, Requests for Production, and Requests for Admission in employment matters.
- Manage document collection, redact sensitive corporate and medical records, build privilege logs, and issue third-party subpoenas.
- Draft deposition notices, compile trial exhibit binders, synthesize deposition transcripts, and coordinate expert witness logistics.
- Maintain the master litigation docket, calculate statutory court deadlines, and file documents in state and federal courts using CM/ECF and One Legal.
- Oversee monthly client billing, retainer replenishment notifications, contingency payout tracking, and collections through Clio Manage.
- Monitor Clio Grow intake pipelines and ensure web and phone leads receive pre-screening and automated 24-hour response triage.
- Serve as the operational point of contact for clients, court clerks, court reporters, and outside vendors.
- Maintain and refine firm SOPs, digital document organization, and automated communication templates.
- Attend in-person trials and arbitration hearings in the Atlanta area when needed.
Benefits
- Quarterly performance bonuses tied to operational efficiency, revenue milestones, and case outcomes.
- Generous paid time off and all public holidays off.
- Monthly technology stipend.
- Legal education support.
- 401(k).
- Flexible remote work, with in-person attendance required for select Atlanta-area proceedings.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
