What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Litigation Paralegal position at Innovative Driven?
Innovative Driven is currently seeking a Senior Litigation Paralegal with at least ten years of litigation experience to join the forward-thinking and dynamic team at one of the nation's most respected employment law firms. The firm is well known for its strong representation of employees, executives, and partners in all areas of employment law
The role is hybrid, with 3-4 days onsite and 1-2 days remote, per week. For the first several months, 4 days a week onsite will be required.
DUTIES :
- Actively coordinate logistics during negotiations, arbitrations, trials, and settlement discussions
- Create trial and witness notebooks
- Organize exhibits, coordinate witness schedules, maintain trial calendars, set up trial spaces
- Travel for trial as needed, occasionally overnight
- Organize and prepare pleadings and discovery documents and support litigation
- Assist and manage the discovery process, prepare for depositions and expert discovery.
- Communicate with clients, potential clients and vendors
- Assist in case investigations by conducting research
- Draft, proofread, and format routine correspondence and litigation documents
- Perform and oversee cite-checking
- Shepardize case law, confirm case quotes, and proofread briefs and other legal documents
- Maintain electronic case files and manage large document discovery databases
- Train more junior members of the Litigation Operations team
- Assist with administrative tasks as needed
REQUIREMENTS :
The firm offers its employees a robust compensation and benefits package, including healthcare benefits.
Additionally, the firm is deeply committed to fostering and developing a workplace that embraces diversity in all of its complexity.
