Litigation Paralegal

Job entails managing all administrative tasks of legal cases, including editing and preparing correspondence and legal documents, maintaining electronic files, and scheduling appointments.

Requirements

• Prepare and format memoranda, correspondence, and other legal credentials
• Independently draft standard routine pleadings, correspondence, and other documents
• Read and electronically profile e-mails
• File pleadings via legal messenger or electronically with courts
• Maintain superior public relations with business associates and clients
• Schedule appointments, meetings, depositions, and other meetings for an attorney
• Assist in scheduling of seminars, industry dinners or luncheons, and other functions as requested
• Work closely with other staff members in a team-familiarized manner
• Work closely with paralegals for maintaining case files
• Proofread legal documents as required
• Provide service updates; client status updates; follow-up on outstanding documents and or services; coordinate with title contacts to complete outstanding tasks such as recordings; missing documents
• Draft and generate pleadings such as Complaints; Motions; Notice of Hearings; Affidavits; Defaults; Notice of Actions; Notice of Publications
• Assist with check down of closed; active and hold files including forwarding invoices of foreclosures fees and costs
• Manage and organize production of documents; identify privileged documents
• Generate reports and follow-up on identified outstanding tasks
• Update client systems and internal systems, as needed
• Will perform other duties and responsibilities as needed

Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation package
• Salary commensurate with experience and accomplishments