Senior Litigation Paralegal

Haldren Group • New York, NY

4d • $90,000 - $120,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Our client is seeking a Senior Litigation Paralegal for its Manhattan office. This senior, on-site position directly supports the firm's four full-time attorneys, and you will also guide and mentor one junior paralegal. Put simply, you will run the firm's paralegal function and elevate its standard.
This is genuine trial work rather than document review alone. The firm is gearing up for a significant federal trial anticipated in the first half of 2027, and motion practice is already in progress. You will help build and run that trial across every phase: pre-trial, trial, and post-trial.
Drafting legal arguments will not fall to you. What will be asked of you is clean, precise, error-free work product, the ability to spot mistakes across complex filings, and the discipline to keep every deliverable organized and delivered on time.

Requirements

• Solid Bluebook and cite-checking ability, along with experience building tables of contents and tables of authorities.
• Practical litigation and trial experience that covers both preparation and execution. This reaches into motion practice support, sentencing memos, exhibit management, witness coordination, and e-filing.
• A bachelor's degree.
• First-rate proofreading, a keen eye for detail, and strong written communication. You turn out clean, error-free legal documents and catch slips across complex filings.
• Paralegal experience gained at a large law firm.
• Comfort backing the defense of clients who face serious criminal charges, including matters tied to sexual assault and sex trafficking.
• Familiarity with New York state and federal court filings and procedures, the Southern District of New York (SDNY) among them.
• A firm sense of ownership. You produce accurate work and do not lean on constant oversight.
• Command of Westlaw, LexisNexis, Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, and legal practice management software.
• The ability to oversee and mentor a junior paralegal while sustaining high quality across every deliverable.
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Composure under pressure and the ability to hit tight deadlines, including long hours through trial preparation and trial.
• Readiness to work on-site in Manhattan, with overtime, the odd weekend, and short-notice courthouse travel when called for.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with California court formatting and filing.
• A bachelor's degree from a competitive university, and/or a paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program.
• Exposure to eDiscovery and litigation tools such as Relativity, CaseMap/TimeMap, West Case Notebook, and PACER.
• Between 5 and 7 years of professional paralegal experience.
• A background in criminal defense or white-collar criminal defense.
• A healthy sense of humor.

Responsibilities

• Deliver on-site support throughout trials, hearings, and depositions.
• Assemble trial exhibits, witness lists, and other trial materials.
• Take charge of exhibits, line up witnesses, and run courtroom technology.
• Carry out legal research through Westlaw, LexisNexis, and PACER.
• Stay in close contact with clients, witnesses, experts, vendors, opposing counsel, and co-counsel.
• Keep case files current and complete, spanning pleadings, discovery documents, correspondence, expert reports, and exhibits.
• Construct and monitor case timelines, calendars, and deadlines so that nothing is overlooked.
• Support the attorneys in organizing and steering matters from the first day to the last.
• Hold quality and consistency to a high standard across everything the team produces.
• Coach and train the junior paralegal.
• Submit filings in state and federal court while observing every court rule and e-filing requirement.
• Handle Bluebooking and cite-checking of briefs, and put together tables of contents and tables of authorities.
• Draft, proofread, and revise legal documents such as pleadings, motions, briefs, affidavits, and sentencing memos.
• Set up and maintain electronic document databases, keeping each file confidential and easy to locate.
• Log your hours each day in the firm's practice management software.
• Direct document review, often spanning sizable volumes of data.
• Prepare memos, correspondence, charts, and research summaries.
• Lend a hand with discovery requests, both preparing and responding, including document productions and interrogatories.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Base salary ranging from $90,000 to $120,000 per year, set according to experience.
• A year-end performance bonus.
• Because the role is non-exempt, overtime is paid.
• 10 days of paid time off (PTO).
• A 401(k) plan is in the works and is expected to be in place by the end of 2026.
• 5 paid sick days.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior