Litigation Paralegal

Pay: $50,000.00 - $60,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Join a respected boutique litigation team where your work directly impacts clients facing serious, high-stakes legal matters.
• Work closely with experienced trial attorneys and play an active role in meaningful cases from intake through resolution.
• Take ownership of your cases and contribute ideas rather than functioning as just another support resource.
• Build valuable litigation experience across complex personal injury matters, including medical malpractice, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death.
• Enjoy a collaborative small-firm environment where attorneys, paralegals, and legal assistants work closely together.
• Earn a performance-based bonus for taking initiative and making a meaningful contribution to case progress.
• Receive health, dental, paid time off, and 401(k) benefits.

Location: Richmond, VA. This is an in-person, on-site position designed for someone who enjoys collaborating face-to-face with attorneys and teammates.

Note: Candidates must have 2+ years of directly relevant pre-litigation or litigation paralegal experience. Personal injury experience is strongly preferred, but candidates with solid pre-litigation experience in a private law office may be considered and trained on litigation responsibilities.

About Us

We are a boutique trial-focused law firm committed to providing highly personalized legal representation in complex and consequential matters. Our attorneys handle a select number of cases so we can devote significant attention, strategy, and resources to each client. We value professionalism, initiative, collaboration, and exceptional client service, and every member of our team plays an important role in delivering outstanding results. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

• Manage personal injury cases from initial intake through settlement or final resolution.
• Work closely with attorneys, clients, medical providers, insurance companies, experts, and other case participants.
• Request, organize, review, and summarize medical records and medical bills.
• Draft correspondence, pleadings, discovery, settlement documents, and other legal materials.
• Assist with filings and case activity in Virginia state and federal courts.
• Track case deadlines, maintain organized files, and proactively move matters forward.
• Coordinate depositions, mediations, hearings, conferences, and trials.
• Prepare settlement packages and support attorneys through case resolution.
• Communicate professionally and compassionately with clients throughout the life of their cases.
• Identify next steps, anticipate attorney needs, and take ownership of assigned case responsibilities.
• Provide general case management and administrative support as needed.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of pre-litigation or litigation paralegal experience.
• Experience working in a private law office.
• Personal injury experience strongly preferred.
• Strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple matters, deadlines, and priorities independently.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Familiarity with legal case management software is a plus.
• Professional, dependable, proactive, and client-focused.
• Valid driver's license required.
• Current Virginia Notary Public commission required, or ability to obtain immediately upon hire.

Why You Will Love Working Here

You will be part of a close-knit team where initiative is noticed, your work matters, and you can develop meaningful litigation expertise. Rather than being siloed into repetitive tasks, you will collaborate directly with attorneys and teammates while taking an active role in moving cases forward. We value people who think ahead, communicate well, take ownership, and genuinely care about the clients we serve

JPC-1686

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

8/21 Only send candidates with experience in private practice.

Requirements: Must-have: 2+ yrs pre-litigation or litigation paralegal experience. Strongly preferred: personal injury law experience

• Required Years as Associate, 2+ years
• Additional context: Relocation- [no], Packages - [no]

Submission Email: Christopher -

cyakubisin@phelanpetty.com

Quick Recruiter Reference

Boutique Virginia trial firm seeking a Litigation Paralegal to handle plaintiff personal injury matters from intake through resolution. Requires 2+ years of pre-litigation or litigation paralegal experience, with personal injury experience strongly preferred. Richmond, VA on-site role with performance-based bonus.

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• Client job title: Litigation Paralegal
• Location: Richmond, VA
• On-site, hybrid, remote: On-site
• Experience: 2
• Good fit job titles/keywords for candidates: Litigation Paralegal, Personal Injury Paralegal, PI Paralegal, Pre-Litigation Paralegal, Litigation Legal Assistant, Trial Paralegal
• of hires needed: 1