Senior Paralegal (San Francisco)
About The Position
O’Melveny has an immediate opening for a Senior Paralegal in its San Francisco office. The Senior Paralegal supports complex legal matters throughout all stages, including trials, investigations, discovery, and advanced case tasks, with minimal oversight. The role serves as a subject-matter expert in specialty law areas and provides extensive in-person trial support. The position manages discovery and case files; coordinates court and agency filings; leads trial-preparation activities; tracks project status, tasks, and deliverables; and conducts factual and legal research. It also involves document searches, review, and analysis using legal platforms, complex cite checking, proofreading, and communication with clients, witnesses, and other outside parties as authorized by attorneys. The Senior Paralegal provides guidance, training, and work coordination for project assistants and supports junior paralegals. The role requires accurately recording time each day, working overtime and traveling as needed, and performing other department duties as assigned.
Requirements
- 12–15 or more years of experience performing traditional litigation paralegal functions.
- Extensive in-person trial support experience.
- Proficiency with computerized legal research and document-retention databases for factual and legal research and management of complex evidence and case files.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Excel, and Word.
- Advanced familiarity with manipulating PDF files in Adobe.
- Mastery of Relativity, Opus2, AI, and other legal tools.
- Excellent organizational, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively with attorneys, paralegals, and business professionals.
- Experience providing guidance and support to junior paralegals and project assistants.
- Ability to work overtime and travel as needed.
- Paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Experience in the Intellectual Technology and Property field preferred.
Responsibilities
- Support complex legal matters at all stages with minimal oversight, including trials, investigations, and advanced case tasks.
- Serve as a subject-matter expert in specialty law areas.
- Oversee all phases of discovery, including fact gathering, document analysis and production, and preparation for depositions and witness interviews.
- Maintain and organize electronic case files so documents are accessible to team members.
- Coordinate court and agency filings, including assembling motion papers and exhibits, coordinating the filing of pleadings and briefs, and ensuring proper service.
- Coordinate and manage trial preparation, including creating trial notebooks, organizing exhibits, coordinating witness schedules, maintaining trial calendars, and communicating with opposing counsel and courtroom staff.
- Coordinate, review, and maintain project status tracking charts, including tasks and deliverable requirements.
- Conduct factual and legal research to support attorney projects.
- Manage and perform document searches, review, and analysis using platforms such as Relativity and Opus2.
- Perform complex cite checking and guide 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 and training and facilitate work coordination for project assistants.
- Accurately record time worked on a daily basis.
- Assist with other department activities and perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.
- Work overtime and travel as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
