Litigation Paralegal

Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc
  • Dallas, TX
    6 days ago

    Job Description

    • Work Type: On-Site. This is an In-Office 5 days a week position.
    • Location: 14185 Dallas Parkway, Suite 1200

    Position Summary

    Hospitality Professional Services (HPS) is seeking an experienced Litigation Paralegal to support the legal teams across the Ashford Group of Companies (AGC), including Remington Hospitality, Ashford Hospitality Trust, Ashford Inc., and affiliated entities. This role manages a high-volume, multi-entity litigation caseload - tracking matters from filing through resolution, coordinating discovery, and keeping legal and business leadership informed - while serving as the central point of contact between outside counsel, insurers, and internal stakeholders.

    Key Responsibilities

    • Track status and updates for all litigation matters, maintaining a current, accurate litigation log for the legal team and business leadership, including aggregating status reports from outside counsel
    • Maintain the litigation calendar, tracking response deadlines, mediation dates, and trial dates
    • Assist attorneys with discovery requests, including document collection, review, and production
    • Route service of process to the appropriate internal stakeholders, insurers, and outside counsel
    • Issue, track, and release legal holds
    • Notify business leadership of new employment litigation matters
    • Collect discovery records and respond to subpoenas
    • Review outside counsel invoices against budgets and verify accurate billing allocation across properties and entities
    • Prepare settlement summaries for review by legal and business leadership
    • Maintain litigation procedures and forms
    • Provide general administrative support to the legal department

    Qualifications

    • Bachelor's degree or paralegal certificate preferred
    • 5+ years of experience as a litigation paralegal; experience supporting a multi-entity or high-volume caseload strongly preferred
    • Strong organizational skills with a proven ability to manage litigation calendars and competing deadlines
    • Experience with discovery processes, document review and production, and e-discovery tools
    • Familiarity with employment litigation, general liability claims, and/or the hospitality industry a plus
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
    • Proficient in Microsoft Office
    • Ability to travel occasionally for depositions, mediations, and trials

    About Hospitality Professional Services

    HPS provides shared legal, risk, and administrative services to the Ashford Group of Companies, a family of hospitality businesses that includes Remington Hospitality, Ashford Hospitality Trust, Braemar Hotels & Resorts, and Ashford Inc.

    • Work Type: On-Site. This is an In-Office 5 days a week position.
    • Location: 14185 Dallas Parkway, Suite 1200

    Ashford Hospitality Services-AHS

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationDallas, TX

    Skills

    • Administrative Skillsunmatched
    • Billingunmatched
    • Billing Recordsunmatched
    • Budgetingunmatched
    • Calendar Managementunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Documentation Reviewunmatched
    • Hospitality and Tourismunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Legalunmatched
    • Legal Support Skillsunmatched
    • Litigationunmatched
    • Microsoft Officeunmatched
    • Organizational Skillsunmatched
    • Paralegalunmatched
    • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
    • Professional Servicesunmatched
    • Project Trackingunmatched
    • Riskunmatched
    • Status Reportsunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched
    • Transportation Routingunmatched
    • Willing to Travelunmatched
    • Writing Skillsunmatched

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