Litigation Legal Assistant
Burnett SpecialistsDallas, TX
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Job Description
Position Summary A North Dallas law firm is seeking an experienced and dedicated commercial litigation assistant. This key position will support two experienced litigation paralegals and multiple attorneys in performance of active Federal and State litigation and general legal services for clients. You will have the opportunity to leverage your organizational expertise, litigation calendaring skills, and strong detail-oriented work style to ensure accuracy and quality of work. How You Will be Contributing
- Draft basic documents for the paralegals, such as notices of hearings
- Prepare summary/index for document production
- Prepare exhibit notebooks for trial
- Redact within AdobePro for summary of fees in support of Affidavit of Fees
- Provide transmittal letters to opposing counsel and/or court
- Arrange/call court clerks to obtain hearing dates and other information
- Assist paralegals with preparation of documents for filing
- Assist in maintaining firms electronic docket of filings, discovery, and notices from the court and other counsel
- Schedule mediations, depositions, and hearings
- Assist with trial exhibits and accompanying notebooks
- Prepare discovery documents, including electronic bates labeling, case indexing, and managing electronically stored information
- Experience with third party document management software and web-based data rooms
- Integrate all filed and served documents into master file
- Participate in other assigned projects for the paralegal team
- Associate or Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university preferred; experience in lieu of degree considered
- 3 years or more of experience in in litigation calendaring, with strong ability to identify the appropriate deadlines in litigation documents filed with the court, as well as through the application of applicable rules of procedure, local rules and standing orders
- Meticulous litigation document management and naming
- Familiarity with commercial/business litigation, including pre-trial, trial and post-trial
- Ability to e-file and serve documents, both in state and federal court
- Experience with Texas and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
- Skilled in the use of Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams
- Provide accurate and timely entry of billable time into time management software
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