Adobe Product Family, Detail Oriented, Legal, Litigation, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Product Family, Microsoft Word, Paralegal, Time Management, Time Management Software
LOCATION
Dallas, TX
POSTED
30+ days ago
Position Summary
A Dallas law firm is seeking an experienced and dedicated litigation paralegal with 5+ years of experience. This key position will support the litigation team in performance of active federal and state litigation. You will leverage your expertise and strong, detail-oriented work style to ensure quality legal services.
How You Will Contribute
Prepare initial substantive drafts of pleadings and discovery documents for attorney review
Prepare documents for filing with proper citations, tables of contents, tables of authorities, certifications, and declarations
Maintain the firms docket of filings, discovery, and notices from the court and other counsel, including scheduling mediations, depositions, and hearings while monitoring deadlines per local, Texas, and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Prepare detailed deposition, mediation, and trial exhibits and accompanying notebooks
Prepare discovery documents, including electronic bates labeling, case indexing, and managing electronically-stored information
Position Requirements
5+ years or more of experience in commercial litigation. Ability to identify the appropriate deadlines in litigation documents filed with the court, as well as through the application of applicable rules of procedure, local rules and standing orders
Proficient with e-discovery platform such as Reveal or Relativity
Proficient with e-filing and serving documents electronically, both in state and federal court
Meticulous litigation document management and naming
Familiarity with complex commercial litigation, including pre-trial, trial and post-trial
Experience with Texas and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Skilled in the use of Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams, as well as Adobe Pro
Provide accurate and timely entry of billable time into time management software