Senior Paralegal (San Francisco)

Consultative Search Group•San Francisco, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

O’Melveny has an immediate opening for a Senior Paralegal in our San Francisco office. This role involves supporting all stages of complex legal matters with minimal oversight, including trials, investigations, and advanced case tasks. The Senior Paralegal will serve as a subject-matter expert in specialty law areas and oversee all phases of discovery, including fact gathering, analysis of documents, document productions, and preparing for depositions and witness interviews. The position requires maintaining and organizing electronic case files, coordinating court and agency filings, and managing trial preparation. Additionally, the role includes conducting factual and legal research, managing document searches and analysis, performing complex cite checking, and proofreading legal documents. Communication with clients, witnesses, and outside parties is also a key responsibility, as is providing guidance and training to project assistants. Accurate time recording is essential.

Requirements

12-15 or more years’ experience performing traditional litigation paralegal functions.
Extensive in-person trial support and experience is required.
Proficient with computerized legal research and document retention databases for performing fact and legal research and effective management of complex evidence and case files.
Proficient with Microsoft Office suite applications including Outlook, Excel, and Word.
Advanced familiarity with manipulating pdf files in Adobe.
Masters Relativity, Opus 2, AI, and other legal tools.
Excellent organizational and written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with attorneys, paralegals, and business professionals.
Experience providing guidance and support to junior paralegals and project assistants.
The ability to work overtime and travel as needed is also required.
A paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program is required.

Nice To Haves

A bachelor’s degree is preferred.
Experience in the Intellectual Technology and Property field is preferred.

Responsibilities

Support all stages of complex legal matters with minimal oversight, including trials, investigations, and advanced case tasks.
Serve as subject-matter expert in specialty law areas.
Oversee all phases of discovery, including fact gathering and analysis of documents, document productions, and preparing for depositions and witness interviews.
Maintain and organizes electronic case files to ensure case documents are easily and promptly accessible to all team members.
Coordinate court and agency filings, including assembling motion papers and exhibits, coordinating filings of pleadings and briefs, and ensuring proper service.
Coordinate and manage trial preparation, including creating trial notebooks, identifying and organizing exhibits, coordinating witness schedules, maintaining trial calendars, and communicating with opposing counsel and courtroom staff.
Coordinate, review, and maintain project status tracking charts for matters, including any tasks and deliverable requirements.
Conduct factual and legal research to support attorney projects.
Manage and perform document searches, review, and analysis through various platforms, e.g., Relativity, Opus2.
Performs complex cite checking and provides guidance to other team members in citation review.
Proofread briefs and other legal documents.
Communicate with clients, witnesses, and other outside parties as requested or approved by attorneys.
Provide guidance, training, and facilitates work coordination for project assistants.
Accurately records time worked on a daily basis.
Assist with other department activities as needed and performs additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.