What are the responsibilities and job description for the Defense Paralegal position at Apex Staffing, Inc.?
***Legal assistant/paralegal with billable hour experience is required to apply.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Efficiently manage the litigation calendar, including discovery deadlines, hearings, and appointments.
- Organize a high volume of cases on a daily basis.
- Keep track of billable hours.
- Proficiently draft requests and responses to discovery, motions, pleadings, demands, and correspondence.
- E-file state and federal pleadings and motions.
- Document, organize, and prepare trial files.
- Maintain professional interactions with clients.
- Organize the office filing system.
- Handle scanning, faxing, and emailing tasks.
- Experience with federal and state e-filing.
- Proficiency in interpreting local state and federal rules for calculating and calendaring deadlines.
- Strong communication skills with a positive demeanor.
- Ability to multitask and collaborate with multiple attorneys.
- Capacity to follow directions, solve problems independently, and produce quality work with minimal errors daily.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Adobe, and Outlook).
- Comfortable with technology, including cloud-based client management software (e.g., Filevine).
- Willingness to learn.
- Spanish bilingualism is advantageous but not required.
- Driven by a strong work ethic.
- Reliable and dependable.
- Enjoying interaction with people and collaboration on group projects.
- Adaptable and flexible to shifts in direction.
- Thriving in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment.
- Possessing exceptional problem-solving skills.
- Detail-oriented.
- Comfortable with high-pressure situations.
- Reliable, trustworthy, respectful, and honest.
- Demonstrating a personable and professional demeanor.
- Comprehensive health coverage with 100% of the employee's premiums covered.
- Dental and vision insurance options are available.
- Supplemental Insurance plans through Aflac available.
- Access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
- Paid time off includes 1 week of vacation after 6 months, an additional week after 1 year, 2 weeks after 2-4 years, and 3 weeks after 5 years.
- Sick time accrual at a rate of 2 hours per pay period.
- 2 personal days granted annually after 6 months of employment.
- Paid day off for the employee's birthday.
- Paid holidays including New Year's Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, the Friday after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve or the day after Christmas, and Christmas Day.
