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Responsibilities Duties:
Our New York office has an opening for a Paralegal in our Litigation Department.
The Paralegal applies Litigation knowledge of legal procedures to provide fundamental assistance to lawyers.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
Perform work in an efficient and cost-effective manner so as to permit the Firm to reasonably collect fees for such work; Meet expectations of billable hours target of 1,725 (unless otherwise specified);
Perform daily case management tasks, including organizing and saving key case correspondence, pleadings, discovery, expert materials, and client documents;
Assist attorney team with organization and maintenance of case documents, and routine monitoring of case dockets and patent activity;
Assist with factual research in internal and external databases and coordinate with research services staff;
Assist with deposition, hearing and trial preparation, in addition to electronic case filings;
Coordinate with internal resources and outside vendor services;
Work overtime as required; and
Handle additional projects as assigned.
Key Skills:
Fundamental proficiency and understanding of the lifecycle of a litigation and working knowledge of key documents related to a litigation including, but not limited to, case correspondence, pleadings, discovery, depositions, expert discovery, trial and appellate documents;
Advanced proficiency in software including, but not limited to, MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel and Acrobat Adobe;
Fundamental proficiency in software including, but not limited to, MS PowerPoint, LiveNote, Case Notebook, Relativity and FTP software (FileZilla);
Fundamental proficiency in online research and internet search resources (Lexis Nexis/Westlaw);
The ability to work independently with minimal supervision and to manage competing deadlines and assignments;
Fundamental knowledge of Litigation practice-area-specific procedures and terminology;
Fundamental to Advanced knowledge of relevant jurisdictional/court/agency processes and procedures, including knowledge of Federal court practices, local rules and deadlines; and
Fundamental knowledge of timekeeping and expense reporting applications.
Experiance Qualifications:
At least 2 years of Paralegal experience (required);
At least 2 years’ litigation experience (required); General/Complex Litigation (preferred);
Experience with Managing Clerk’s office (required); and