Litigation Paralegal

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Heavy calendaring, docketing and eFiling

• Must be proactive and manage their attorney's docket effectively

• Follow-up with attorney on deadlines

• Ensures strict confidentiality at all times

• Collect case information and prepare client engagement documentation

• Manage the collection and maintenance of statistical data for internal reporting and analysis

• Prepare initial drafts of litigation documents for attorney review including discovery requests

and responses and case opening and closing filings

• Legal research, writing, analysis, and cite checking

• Collaborate with firm's billing department on client billing

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

• A college degree is preferred or an equivalent combination of education and experience

• Minimum of 5 years' experience

• Possess cooperative spirit; participate and collaborate in a team-based environment

• Demonstrate proficiency with MS Office (Outlook, Excel and Word)

• Litigation related experience required at some point throughout career

TECHNOLOGY:

• MS Office • Outlook • WestLaw • Litify • Docrio • Chrome River