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Litigation Paralegal

  • Location: Boston, Massachusetts
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #69

Litigation Paralegal

Location: Boston, Massachusetts – Back Bay
The Organization:Large U.S. Based Multinational Law Firm

Salary & Benefits:Base salary up to $85K, generous paid overtime and bonus; Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage; Transit Program; generous Paid Time Off; 401K w/match; Life Insurance; exceptional culture.

Summary: Top-ranked AM multinational law firm is seeking a Paralegal to provide support to a group of principals in multiple departments daily within the Boston Office. Having the confidence and skills to support a fast-paced environment is essential. Someone who has the desire to work as a member of a respected firm.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

  • Oversee junior paralegals and provide case management guidance
  • Draft and proofread correspondence, court papers and other legal and non-legal documents
  • Prepare documents and materials for trial and arbitration
  • Assist professionals with high complex litigation
  • Coordinate and manage calendar and deadlines, business and client meetings, conference calls, appointments, travel and personal matters
  • Enter and track expenses and complete travel expense reports
  • Prepare files and packets for partners in related cases
  • Prepare and organize produced and privileged documents with bates numbers
  • Assisting with projects including preparation of Court bundles
  • Prepare legal articles and memorandums regarding recent reported law decisions
  • Analyze, research, and summarize legal information
  • File cases and other documents on the docket through PACER/ECF
  • Interview and advise clients and witnesses
  • Directly interact with legal and compliance professionals
  • Review documents regarding incoming and outgoing production and discovery
  • Perform document production and review including but not limited to organizing documents, creating and maintain privilege logs and performing bates-stamping, redaction, duplication and indexing of documents
  • Assemble and collate exhibits and legal documents to assist with preparation of motions
  • Assist with trial preparation, including, organizing and preparing trial exhibits, trial notebooks and binders; scheduling, coordinating and communicating with clients, experts and fact witnesses.

REQUIREMENTS: 

  • Bachelor’s Degree required
  • 3+ years of litigationexperience required
  • Strong proofreading, editing and formatting skills; ability to create TOC/TOAs and conduct document comparisons
  • Ability to cite-check, including bluebooking and shepardizing preferred
  • Prior experience working with at least one of the following litigation case management and e-discovery software: Summation, Concordance, Worldox, Kroll, Relativity, Clearwell etc.
  • Proficiency using MS Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint; Adobe
  • Familiar with DeltaView; Westlaw, LexisNexis and PACER