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The New York City Office of a well-known plaintiffs’ law firm specializing in plaintiffs’ securities class actions and corporate governance, seeks a Paralegal/Legal Assistant with a minimum of 5 years’ litigation experience for immediate hire. This is a hybrid role with 4 days in office and 1 day remote. You’ll be an integral part of a busy team.
Responsibilities/Job Description:
· Provide high quality paralegal, secretarial, and administrative support to supervising attorneys.
· Prepare and complete various state and federal court filings.
· Perform calendar management; scheduling meetings, conference calls, travel, appointments, depositions, due dates, court appearances, etc.; anticipate, identify, and resolve potential issues.
· Edit and proofread correspondence and legal documents for content, grammar, spelling, and formatting.
· Proficient use of Microsoft Word for Legal Word Processing; Best Authority for generation and formatting of table of authorities; Microsoft Excel for generation and formatting of spreadsheets; Outlook for communication and calendaring.
· Ability to create and edit legal pleadings, including but not limited to developing table of contents/table of authorities, PDF to Word conversions with quality-control-checking and applying firm styles/formatting, Blue Book citation procedure.
· Legal research using Bloomberg Law, Westlaw, LexisNexis, PACER, and SEC EDGAR.
· Case initiations in various federal and state courts: filing and service.
· Ability to draft attorney appearances, including motions to appear pro hac vice in various federal and state courts.
· Ability to check and apply courts’ local rules and judges’ individual rules to daily preparation and filing of legal pleadings.
· Track and input attorney time using Surepoint.
· Generate expense reports and check requests.
Requirements/Qualifications:
· At least 5 years of experience as a Litigation Legal Assistant or Paralegal
· Cite-checking experience required.
· Assist with reception coverage where needed.
· Knowledge of NetDocs and Surepoint a plus
· Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
· Ability to work under pressure in a very fast paced environment
· Positive attitude and willingness to learn, and strong note-taking skills.
· The ideal candidate exhibits independent thinking and can utilize creative problem-solving skills to generate result
· Work hybrid schedule (4 days in and 1 day remote)
If you are qualified and interested in this Securities Litigation Legal Assistant/Paralegal role, please send an MS Word version or PDF version of your resume to Jessica Levinson at jlevinson@bhsg.com. Thank you!
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