Paralegal III

Paralegal III

Requirements

• High School Diploma required, Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Paralegal Certification (California Business and Professional Code Sect. 6450 compliant).
• 10+ years of relevant experience.
• High-level project management experience leading a support team at trial.
• Expert organizational skills that support work and case management.
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel and Adobe tools.
• Proficient with typical legal support software: Westlaw, Lexis, Relativity (or similar), CaseNotebook (or similar), Billing tools and case management tools.
• Expert written and verbal communication skills to communicate clearly and effectively to direct workflow as appropriate at trial.
• Ability to take and follow direction of letterhead attorneys and execute on assigned work.
• Strong organizational, reasoning and research skills to independently and effectively conduct research in support of assigned matters.
• Ability to interpret and understand complex case facts and themes in assigned work.
• Ability to be flexible and agile in work direction and assignments.
• Expert ability to draft common litigation forms and edit legal documents.
• Expert cite-checking skills and the ability to produce accurate and timely cite-checks.
• Ability to be available, as needed, to work extended hours, nights, and weekends.
• Ability to demonstrate good judgment, attention to detail, initiative, team player mentality and team building ability.
• Ability to quickly respond to constantly changing instructions, particularly under pressure at trial and understand complex and substantive case facts and themes to effectively direct trial team.
• Ability to exhibit initiative in seeking work and managing work load, consistently produce high quality work product, regularly check for errors and make corrections as necessary, and take ownership of projects and complete assignments in a timely fashion.

Responsibilities

• Develop case organization protocols.
• Partner with case teams and other colleagues to address client needs.
• Provide on-site support at trial (including out of state).
• Conduct cite checks on both federal and state documents including substantive review for content.
• Conduct calendaring and docket legal analysis including maintaining secondary active and accurate calendars for case teams.
• Conduct legal research on a broad variety of items including procedural requirements, tracking court decisions, and other related topics.
• Provide motion and deposition support such as prepare shell documents, deposition notices, subpoenas, and declarations. Also manage transcript databases, exhibits, interviews, and filings.
• Assist with discovery including: Drafting written discovery and objections, Participating in collection process, Conducting document review, Assisting with document production, Producing privilege logs.
• Engage in fact development.
• Facilitate foreign language document translations.
• Provide key support on appellate filings and managing final document submissions.
• Actively participate in firm-sponsored trainings and strive to apply learned principles in ongoing work.
• Responsibly manage staff teams and their associate work product during trial.
• Implement post-matter closing instructions including: Compliance with litigation holds, Compliance with document destruction policies, Protective order compliance, Prepare Bill of Costs for recoverable fees and costs, Other duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• Fluency in a foreign language preferred but not required.