Construction Litigation Paralegal
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Job Description
Offit Kurman, a growing full-service law firm, is currently seeking to hire a litigation paralegal for our Philadelphia or Harrisburg Office. Ideal candidates will possess 3 or more years of experience working as a construction litigation paralegal. The paralegal will assist during all phases of the litigation process, from initiation of a case to the discovery period, through trial.
Job Responsibilities:
- Drafting pleadings, discovery, motions, briefs, deposition digests and case summaries.
- Organizes and maintains physical and electronic files.
- Drafts document preservation, litigation hold memoranda, and support litigation teams with implementation.
- Performs a variety of document productions tasks, including collection, hosting, review, redaction, bates-stamping, duplicating, and indexing.
- Prepares and submits electronic filings with Federal and state courts.
- Prepares for and attends, as necessary, depositions and trials.
- Performs a variety of research projects as assigned.
- Regularly interacts with firm's clients, attorneys and staff.
- Provide overflow support as needed.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Proven working experience as a construction litigation paralegal.
- Applicable knowledge of motions, discovery, litigation documentation, court rules and procedures, practices.
- Highly organized with ability to juggle multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills along with attention to detail.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office 2017 (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint), WestLaw, Internet research skills, litigation management software, document management systems.
- Experienced with document collection, preservation, hosting, review and electronic document production platforms and software.
- Familiarity with evidentiary hearings, litigation management tools, and trial presentation software a plus.
Candidate would be in the office 5 days a week for a trial period of 60 days. Thereafter, will be in office four days a week, one day remote.
Interested candidates should send resumes to Leigh Novack
*Recruiters should reach out to Leigh directly