Paralegal - Litigation Section

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

E-Discovery Responsibilities

• Assists with eDiscovery tasks, such as data collection, document processing, and review using litigation support software (Eclipse, Relativity and Reveal).
• Acts as a liaison between Firm personnel, opposing counsel, and eDiscovery vendor.
• Works with Litigation Support Manager to design and implement document review systems in Eclipse, Relativity and Reveal, including loading documents for review, constructing complex Boolean searches for review team, redacting documents, performing QC tasks prior to production, exporting and printing documents, and running document productions.
• Maintains chain of custody.
• Prepares privilege logs.
• Manages logistics of production of documents (hard copy, images, native) and provides routine status reports, including task completion reports and data delivery schedules.
• Works with Litigation Support Manager to support ShareFile and other file sharing applications, including DropBox, Box, FileShare, SharePoint, and TitanFile.
• Maintains in-house transcript databases using Case Notebook and loads transcripts, videos, and exhibits into platform in organized manner for team sharing.

Other Paralegal Responsibilities

• Analyzes documents and materials and conducts legal, statistical, and documentary research.

• Drafts first draft of legal documents, including pleadings, motions, and discovery requests/responses for the attorney's review.

• Summarizes depositions, interrogatories, and testimony.

• Communicates with clients, witnesses, and other stakeholders to gather information and provide updates; coordinates and schedules meetings, hearings, and depositions as required by project timelines.

• Manages case files by organizing documents, correspondence, and other materials related to a case matter and ensuring all documentation is accessible and up-to-date; responsible for document organization and production, setting up and maintaining files, stripping files at the close of a case, labeling files and sending them to storage; organizes and prepares exhibit lists and/or privilege logs.

• Assists in trial preparation, including organizing exhibits, preparing trial binders, and assisting during depositions or courtroom proceedings as needed.

• Specific to the Construction Litigation Section: Searches and reviews real property records and records liens.

• Prepares and inputs time and billing data and text regarding all work time expended on any client or firm tasks.

• Other duties may be assigned.
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Completion of a paralegal training program and achievement of the Certified Paralegal certification is also preferred.
• Possesses at least two years of paralegal work experience, along with knowledge of terminology and procedures applicable to specific practice area of assigned legal personnel (i.e., a Paralegal in the Litigation Practice Group will need to be able to demonstrate a firm understanding of the litigation case lifecycle, electronic filing of pleadings, e-discovery, docket scheduling, and trial/exhibit presentation software).
• Exceptional judgment, flexibility, professionalism, and the ability to lead effectively while being a team player.
• Ability to make sound decisions and demonstrate a high degree of trustworthiness in handling confidential and sensitive information.
• Professional presence, strong presentation, interpersonal, management, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organizational and oral/written communication skills (including accurate typing skills, good grammar, spelling, punctuation, and proofreading skills).
• Ability to prioritize, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and manage time effectively.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while exhibiting strong attention to detail.
• Exceptional client service (both internal and external).
• Working knowledge of word processing techniques and technology in an electronic network systems environment and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Working knowledge of e-discovery platforms and processes and the ability to operate Sanction (or other trial/exhibit presentation software).
• Ability to analyze administrative records, accounting reports, and business statistics and develop reports and summaries regarding those sources. Specific to the Construction Litigation Section, the ability to search and review real property records and familiarity with and ability to record liens.