Overview

Summary 

As a Litigation Paralegal on our Complex Litigation team, you will support an attorney working on nationwide childhood sex abuse and human trafficking cases. Candidates must demonstrate a willingness and ability to handle the sensitive nature of these cases.  

This role is remote but there is a preference for someone based in Philadelphia for in-office collaboration as needed.  

Responsibilities 

  • Prepare legal documents including pleadings, motions, affidavits, complaints, legal memoranda 
  • E-file all court documents in state and federal court 
  • Communications with clients, court, counsel, and others 
  • Conduct legal research and factual investigation 
  • Prepare discovery documents, interrogatories, and responses 
  • Draft and serve summons 
  • Coordinate and summarize depositions 
  • Prepare trial binders and exhibits 
  • Drafting pleadings, motions and appellate documents and filing them with the court 
  • Performing administrative duties (calendar hearings and deadlines, organize case files, manage logistics) 
  • Maintain pleadings and discovery indexes 
  • Organize exhibits, documents, evidence, briefs, and appendices 
  • Aid attorney with interrogatories and other discovery requests 
  • Gather relevant information from a variety of sources 
  • Liaise between trial teams and internal/external third parties 
  • Witness preparation 
  • Assisting with case settlements 
  • Other tasks as requested by the attorney 

Qualification 

  • Associate’s degree, certificate, or equivalent work experience (preferred) 
  • 4+ years of litigation experience (required) 
  • Completion of a nationally accredited paralegal program (preferred) 
  • Experience in mass tort litigation (preferred) 
  • Strong drafting skills, a writing sample may be requested 
  • West law research experience 
  • Must possess the ability to multi-task, prioritize, and manage workload with a positive attitude and minimal supervision 
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, proficient in calendaring depositions, mediations, and hearings 
  • Strong knowledge of motions, discovery, evidence, litigation documentation, court rules, and procedures, practices, etc. 
  • Highly organized with the ability to juggle multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment. 
  • Extensive computer and database expertise; Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and type no less than 35 wpm 

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