Litigation Paralegal

A successful candidate would already have experience working in a fast-paced defense firm that focused on civil litigation matters, with an emphasis on class action law and will be ready to hit the ground running. Hybrid schedule available, 100% employer paid benefits, 15 days of PTO (to start!), 11 paid holidays, many in-office amenities, and an amazing office culture and environment. If you’re ready to learn more about this great opportunity, reach out to us today!

Responsibilities:

• Conduct legal research

• Update and maintain internal databases

• Organize exhibits, documents, evidence, briefs, and appendices

• Aid attorneys with interrogatories and other discovery requests

• Gather relevant information from a variety of sources

• Liaise between trial team and internal/external third parties

o Communicating with retained experts and preparing relevant materials for expert review

• Help with voir dire, jury selection and witness preparation

• Subpoena medical, billing, and radiology records, employment records, workers compensation records, and other entities

• Prepare comprehensive medical chronologies and Howell analysis

• Summarize written discovery and document productions

• Conduct background checks, social media investigations, litigation history.

Qualifications:

• 3 years’ recent experience in civil litigation – employment and/or wage and hour class action/PAGA experience required

• You MUST be competent and proficient in the use of Word, Outlook, and One Drive

• You MUST be able to navigate the web like Magellan

• You must be able to handle working with several different databases of information and comfortable organizing data

• You will also need to know how to figure things out on your own and be able to creatively solve problems and come up with solutions

• You must be able to think on your feet and make smart decisions

• Your ability to listen to what you are being told and ask follow-up questions is very important

• You need to be able to talk to people (all people…including employees, clients, visitors, salespeople, servers, the public, doctors, and people at the insurance company) in a manner that is polite, professional, well-spoken, and that puts them at ease

• You need to be willing to do what it takes to get the job done right the first time

• Strong organizational skills and the ability to handle a high caseload

• Trial preparation and trial support experience is required

• Applicable knowledge of motions, discovery, evidence, litigation documents, court rules and procedures, practices, etc.

• ABA approved paralegal certificate or other relevant certification

Note:

• Please apply only if you have the requisite prior experience with insurance defense billing.

• Annual paralegal billable requirement is 1650.