What are the responsibilities and job description for the Litigation Paralegal position at Fawkes IDM?
Responsibilities:
- Assist lawyers in all aspects of the Litigation Department’s caseloads.
- Organization and maintenance of court materials
- Drafting and filing pleadings, motions, and other court documents
- Preparation of correspondence, memoranda, discovery, and other communications with minimal supervision
- Management of docket, matter dates, and deadlines.
- Deposition digesting and preparation; and coordination of deposition, hearing, motion and trial preparation.
- Assist with and coordinate paper and electronic discovery process, including: identifying potentially relevant electronically stored information (“ESI”)
- Draft and issue legal hold notices; coordinate with clients to identify, preserve, and collect relevant sources of ESI and paper discovery
- Assist with processing, reviewing, and coding ESI.
- 5 years of experience in litigation paralegal work
- Knowledge of and ability to electronically file (CM/ECF) pleadings required.
- College degree and/or paralegal certificate required.
- Strong working knowledge of MSOffice (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Relativity, and Concordance required.
- Knowledge of IManage a plus.
