POSITION: Senior Litigation Paralegal
ORGANIZATION: Global Top Ranked Law Firm
LOCATION: Palo Alto, CA
COMPENSATION: Base salary up to $125k commensurate with experience; plus paid overtime, Generous bonus; Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage; Transit Program; generous Paid Time Off; 401K w/match; Life Insurance; exceptional culture.
SUMMARY: Top-ranked law firm is seeking an experienced Litigation Paralegal to provide support to busy litigation teams. 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:
- Understand and effectively follow CA Federal, State, and Local district court rules and regulations
- Comfortable working on cases pertaining to government investigations (i.e., SEC or DOJ)
- Review documents regarding incoming and outgoing production and discovery
- Conduct cite-checking, research applicable case files, and produce notated briefs
- 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
- Draft and proofread correspondence, court papers, and other legal and non-legal documents
- Assist with preparation for interviews, depositions, trials, hearings, and other related case meetings
- Prepare and organize produced and privileged documents with bates numbers
- Prepare legal articles and memorandums regarding recent reported law decisions
- Research local rules relating to procedure for various court venues and research precedent from other cases in those venues (ex. judge’s bio, research prior decisions and opinions, etc)
- Analyze, research, and summarize legal information
- Interview and advise clients and witnesses, under attorney supervision
- Directly interact with legal and compliance professionals
- Research complex data analysis and assist with document retrieval
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Paralegal Certificate or equivalent certification required; in alignment with California paralegal regulations
- 5+ years of paralegal, legal assistant or case assistant support in a law firm or professional services environment
- Experience with Westlaw, LexisNexis, PACER, and SEC/EDGAR
- Prior experience working with Relativity, TextMap, or CaseMap
- Proficiency using MS Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; Adobe
- Track record of working on complex court filings; electronic and paper
