Litigation Paralegal

Key Responsibilities

• Manage litigation matters throughout the case lifecycle, including document organization, discovery, pleadings, depositions, mediation, arbitration, trial, and post-trial activities.
• Draft, prepare, organize, and proofread pleadings, discovery responses, correspondence, subpoenas, summonses, and other legal documents.
• Prepare tables of contents and authorities and incorporate hyperlinks to cases, exhibits, and supporting documentation.
• File documents electronically and manually in applicable state and federal courts.
• Coordinate service of process, subpoenas, summonses, and complaints in accordance with applicable court rules.
• Manage e-discovery workflows, including document uploads, attorney review databases, productions, Bates numbering, redactions, confidentiality designations, and quality control.
• Organize incoming document productions and prepare document exports for attorney review.
• Prepare and maintain privilege logs.
• Assist with deposition preparation, materials, and summaries.
• Provide hands-on trial and arbitration support, including witness and exhibit binders, exhibit lists, document organization, and coordination with courts, arbitrators, and case administrators.
• Conduct docket, case law, public records, and procedural research using Westlaw and related legal research resources.
• Perform cite checking and research procedural issues using primary and secondary legal authorities.
• Maintain litigation calendars, deadlines, and electronic and paper case files.
• Coordinate electronic signatures and assist with conflicts checks and new matter intake.
• Support special projects and provide backup assistance as needed.
• Assist with training and knowledge sharing among litigation support staff.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of litigation paralegal experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or Associate’s degree with a paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program.
• Strong experience with state and federal court filings and procedures in NY.
• Demonstrated experience with e-discovery, document production, discovery, and trial preparation.
• Strong legal writing, research, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Ability to independently manage multiple cases, deadlines, and competing priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency with Westlaw and Relativity or comparable legal research and e-discovery platforms.
• Experience with litigation calendaring and docketing software.
• Experience supporting complex trials and/or arbitrations.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• FSA/HSA options
• 401(k) with employer contribution
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Parental leave
• Employee assistance program