Paralegal Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Have a Bachelor’s degree or Paralegal certificate. At least 3 years of on-the-job experience is required.
• Be proficient in Relativity and Trial Director and be able to cite-check and shepardize cases;
• Possess knowledge of legal principles and practices at a level normally acquired through formal paralegal training or its equivalent;
• Possess the ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints. Ability to concentrate and pay close attention to detail when evaluating legal matters;
• Possess the ability to proofread typed material for contextual, grammatical, typographical or spelling errors;
• Possess interpersonal skills necessary in order to communicate and follow instruction effectively from a diverse group of clients, attorneys and staff and provide information with ordinary courtesy and tact;
• Regular and timely attendance at work when scheduled;
• Work occasionally requires a high level of mental effort and strain while organizing and maintaining multiple cases;
• Work occasionally requires more than 40 hours per week to perform the essential duties of the position, may require irregular hours;
• Have the ability to travel to private and public buildings, local and statewide, via private or public conveyance to assist attorney in attending to client needs on legal matters.

Responsibilities

• Follow the ethical requirements in order to assist in preparation of case for trial;
• Review and analyze matters for the purpose of preparing matter evaluations and status reports to attorneys and clients;
• Review and analyze cases in order to assist with all phases of discovery, trial preparation and trial support;
• Draft complaints, answers, routine notices, affidavits, motions, subpoenas, petitions and other legal documentation;
• Establish, organize and maintain pleading indexes, attorney trial notebooks, expert witness notebooks and document indexes;
• Contact and interview parties, witnesses and experts, including the obtaining of written statements from witnesses;
• Review and outline depositions, indexes and summarize documents;
• Schedule and track all pertinent dates including meetings, deposition and court ordered dates;
• Enter information in client databases as required;
• Knowledge of state and federal court rules, procedures and e-filing requirements, as well as excellent communication skills and excellent proofreading skills;
• Assist at trial, including scheduling and meeting with witnesses and tracking exhibits;
• Perform assisted legal research tasks using all available resources including libraries and computer data systems.

Benefits

• health, dental, and vision
• 401(k) and profit sharing plans
• paid vacation
• parental leave
• a health flexible spending account
• a health savings account
• identity theft protection
• a dependent day care reimbursement account
• commuter benefits
• life and AD&D insurance
• short- and long-term disability protection
• an employee assistance program
• emergency travel assistance