Job Title: LitigationParalegal
Department: Dispute Resolution & Restructuring
Office: Orange County
Report to: Paralegal Manager
Status: Non-exempt
Summary
We strive to be enterprising, respectful, inclusive, insightful, and tenacious in every aspect of our business, including our interactions with clients, colleagues, and the communities where we have a presence. We rely on these core values to serve clients in key practice areas and industries – the pillars of Brown Rudnick: crisis management, which includes restructuring, investigations, and special situations; global litigation; life sciences; technology; and brand and reputation protection.
Brown Rudnick LLP’s Dispute Resolution & Restructuring Department serves a wide variety of clients in connection with many exciting and challenging matters in a dynamic environment. The Litigation Paralegal will manage all aspects of large scale, complex litigation and be responsible for collaborating on various matters with attorneys and other paralegals.
Responsibilities
- Manage assigned cases and their related tasks and projects.
- Perform full range of paralegal tasks from case inception through case closure. Monitor court docket sheets for assigned cases.
- Bluebook, cite check, and proofread various court papers and other formal correspondence.
- Prepare deposition notices and subpoenas; organize, maintain, and prepare witness interview or deposition materials, exhibits, and summaries.
- Proactively use most current technology to further teamwork, client service, and efficiency.
- Trial preparation and attendance.
- Drafting and preparing documents for service and e-filing.
- Coordinating, organizing, and managing large scale document collection and production.
- Preparation for witness interviews, fact, and expert witness depositions.
- Coordinating with vendors and Practice Support regarding all aspects of eDiscovery and managing electronic documents.
- Running electronic searches for specified information or documents.
- Preparing document production logs, collection logs, and custodian logs.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- At least 5 years of litigation paralegal experience in a law firm setting.
- BS/BA degree required.
- Proven litigation skills, including knowledge of document review and production, trial and/or trial prep experience.
- Strong understanding of California Code of Civil Procedure.
- Experience with litigation support software and review platforms including Trial Director, Relativity, CaseMap and Adobe Acrobat Pro.
- Experience with CompuLaw docketing a plus.
- Familiarity with electronic filing in California federal and state courts.
- Strong cite-checking, proofreading, and blue booking skills.
- Availability for overtime as needed with ability to travel.
- Able to perform searches on review platforms.
Who We Are
Brown Rudnick is an international law firm with roots in post-war 1940s Boston and New York City. From the beginning, our lawyers and business professionals have demonstrated a remarkable blend of entrepreneurialism and collaboration. Over the last 25 years, the combined firm has thrived with full and easy partner/practice integration, rapidly realized profits from practice group collaboration, the continued development of new lawyers and a business professional staff that is well respected in the industry. Today, Brown Rudnick is a recognized leader in several practice and industry areas, such as corporate restructuring, technology, white collar defense, international disputes, intellectual property, and life sciences. The Firm continues to grow strategically and show its entrepreneurial, collaborative spirit that led to its creation.
Salary range based on experience level is estimated to be in the range of $100,000-120,000
Brown Rudnick LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to recruiting, developing, and advancing talented professionals from all backgrounds across the spectrum of diversity. All employees and applicants are evaluated on the basis of their qualifications, consistent with applicable state and federal laws, without regard to race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, religious beliefs, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, or another protected characteristic, all as defined by applicable laws.
