Paralegal Job Responsibilities:
- Assisting with the preparation, filing and service of pleadings.
- Acting as liaison among all parties including court or other neutrals for scheduling and sharing information and document productions
- Organizing and managing documents, and review and summary of same, including medical records
- Coordinating the collection, review and production of documents and responding to discovery requests
- Assisting with trial preparation including the assembly of exhibits, witness binders and appendices for depositions and court filings
- Summarizing deposition and trial transcripts and exhibits
- Researching case-related factual issues using in-house files and outside reference sources
- Compiling information and, preparing statistics, charts, graphs and other summaries to detail the findings
Paralegal Qualifications and Skills:
- Participating in educational opportunities to keep up-to-date on job knowledge
- Reading professional publications
- Maintaining personal networks
- Participating in professional organizations
- Excellent organization skills
- Attention to detail.
- Legal research and investigation skills
- Ability to follow direction and procedures
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Ability to prioritize workload and assignments
Education and Experience Requirements:
- Paralegal certificate from an ABA accredited program preferred, or a combination of education and/or experience
- 3-4 years of significant and substantive litigation experience as a paralegal/legal assistant in a law firm setting.
- Experience drafting, cite-checking, and correcting legal briefs (trial and appellate).
- Experience managing medium to large-scale document productions.
- Proficiency with word processing and spreadsheet software
