Senior Litigation Paralegal

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Senior Litigation Paralegal
The candidate will assist with routine legal issues as well as research and analyze law sources such as statutes, recorded judicial decisions, legal articles, treaties, constitutions, and legal codes to prepare legal documents, such as briefs, pleadings, appeals, wills, contracts. Relying on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, a wide degree of creativity and latitude are expected. Review Complaints and prepare Requests for Production, Special Interrogatories, Form Interrogatories (General and Employment Law), Requests for Admission and Subpoenas for Records.Perform online research regarding backgrounds of parties and deponents, and preparation of exhibits for use in deposition preparation. Follow up on document and information requests addressed during deposition.Review discovery responses and prepare meet/confer letters and prepare Motions to Compel.Review client documents for responsiveness to production requests and privilege.Preparation of documents for production including redacting confidential information and Bate-stamp.Preparation of privilege logs, and responsive shells (with objections) and verifications for discovery requests. Review client documents, email, on-site document reviews at client or third-party offices, and documents produced in response to discovery or subpoenas.Organization of documents, chronological order and preparation of working binders for use in case development.Review electronic documents and organize for use regardless of the amount of documents or format of production.Prepare summaries of same for attorney review.Proof and quality control of briefs and exhibits. Preparation of charts with information collected from documents for visual of events, etc. Prepare facts of case in chronological order. Prepare Exhibit and Witness lists, prepare exhibit notebooks and witness folders/notebooks; prepare On-Call letters and subpoenas; assist attorneys at trial. Prepare and maintain documents and create working binders.Maintain virtual library in eDocs with emphasis on document scanning and proper labeling in eDocs for easy identification and retrieval.Review files for exhibits and preparation of exhibits for appendixes, declarations, motions, and pleadings for trial. Perform legal research, background checks, pull cases, shepherd cases and perform cite checking of briefs to ensure citing accuracy.Research registered agents and obtain corporation and asset information.Perform litigation searches on witnesses and experts.Preparation of documents for expert review (notebooks and electronic media). Judicial assignments, Judicial Reviews, Judicial requests or requirements, including research on peer reviews. Settlement research. College degree or higher preferred. ABA approved Paralegal certification required. 5 years' experience as a paralegal are required. Good writing and communication skills are required. Proficient in Microsoft Office and other standard computer programs are required.

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