Corporate Paralegal – Transactional & Litigation

• Location: Onsite – Sacramento, CA 95814
• Parking: Parking is available in the building. During the temporary assignment, parking expenses are the candidate’s responsibility and are not covered by Beacon Hill or the client.
• Should the role convert to direct hire, the firm provides full-time employees with a $100/month contribution toward parking.
• Start: ASAP
• Duration: Open-ended temporary assignment with the potential for direct-hire conversion
• Schedule: 37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday, 9 AM to 5:30 PM, with a 1-hour lunch break
• Pay: $53-$63/hour, depending on experience and alignment with the responsibilities

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of paralegal experience supporting both corporate/transactional and litigation matters
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Must meet California paralegal requirements
• Familiarity with document management platforms used in a law firm setting
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to balance competing priorities and deadlines while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail
• Experience supporting nonprofit organizations or health care clients is a plus, but not required
• Experience providing office or administrative support in addition to paralegal responsibilities is a plus, but not required

Key responsibilities:

• Prepare and file entity formation, qualification, amendment, merger, and dissolution documents with state agencies
• Maintain corporate records, minute books, and entity management databases, and track annual report and other compliance deadlines
• Draft board member resolutions, consents, minutes, bylaws, and other governance documents
• Assist with due diligence, including reviewing documents, preparing diligence summaries, and ordering UCC, lien, litigation, and good standing searches
• Prepare closing checklists, signature packets, and closing binders, and coordinate document execution
• Prepare, proofread, run comparisons on, and edit agreements, correspondence, memoranda, and other legal documents under tight deadlines

Litigation

• Manage a portfolio of approximately 100 workers’ compensation lien matters, including intake from the client, organizing files, maintaining a list of action items, drafting, serving, and filing pleadings, and tracking the status of cases (Familiarity with workers’ compensation is not required)
• Assist attorneys with drafting meet and confer letters and other correspondence, discovery requests and responses, motions, and other pleadings; review and ensure compliance with court rules and procedures; and finalize, serve, and e-file court filings
• Assist with document production, including organizing, reviewing, Bates-stamping, creating production logs, and maintaining electronic documents exchanged between parties using case management software
• Assist with trial preparation, including electronic and hard copy exhibits, motions in limine, and pre-and post-trial briefing
• Maintain litigation calendars and track court deadlines, filing dates, and other important case milestones
• Communicate and meet regularly with attorneys regarding project status, deadlines, and assignment needs