Junior Litigation Paralegal

POSITION: Junior Litigation Paralegal

SUMMARY:

The Junior Litigation Paralegal will be responsible for assisting Senior Paralegals, Associates and Partners with overall case management. Under their guidance, your training will include developing and/or enhancing skills with factual investigation, document preparation, cite-checking, discovery review tools, trial/arbitration preparation and general support.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Organize hard copy and electronic case documents, including managing electronic files and preparing binders
• Perform file maintenance, including indexing and filing case materials
• Proofread and edit attorney work product (grammar, usage, and content)
• Translate legal documents for the attorneys
• Research current events and perform key work searches in Lexis and other news data bases
• Assist attorneys with filings
• Provide up-to-date information on jurisdiction filings, rules, and procedures
• Modify and reformat PDF files and Microsoft Office documents
• Assist with hearing preparation
• Communicate with outside vendors for translations, document repositories, databases and document reproduction
• Provide status updates on active matters to the appropriate attorneys
• Coordinate with litigation support regarding document processing, review, data loading, etc.
• Develop expertise in use of document review tools, including the ability to prepare sets of documents to be produced and perform key-term searches over the data
• Maintain and manage databases and other applications as necessary
• Liaise with office support staff to ensure efficacy of workflow
• Receive Perform other paralegal duties as necessary

REQUIREMENTS:

• Desire to work within a global organization with a top Practice Group
• Excellent academic credentials, graduating with a 3.5 or higher GPA
• Bilingual fluency with written and verbal Spanish required; Additional fluency in Portuguese is a plus
• Strong motivation to attend law or graduate school (Minimum commitment of two years employment required)
• Enthusiastic, pro-active, self-motivated, and flexible
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize in a fast-paced environment
• Strong organizational skills, excellent attention to detail, and efficient
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of cite-checking, legal document formatting, and legal research a plus
• Ability to work overtime and weekends
• Flexible to travel domestically and internationally to meet case demands
• Bachelor’s Degree