Litigation Paralegal

New York, NY

M-F, 9am-5pm

General Summary

The New York office of a Fortune 100 best places to work ranked, major U.S. law firm is conducting a search for a Litigation Paralegal to assist Firm attorneys on commercial cases, arbitrations, and white-collar criminal defense matters in our fast paced Litigation & Trial Practice Group.  Criminal litigation, class action litigation and electronic discovery experience is preferred.  Candidates should be self-starters, highly organized and team players.  Overtime is often needed to meet client deadlines.  Some travel required.

Essential Duties

• Reviewing and analyzing matters for the purpose of preparing status reports to attorneys and clients
• Establishing, organizing, and maintaining pleadings, attorney trial notebooks, expert witness notebooks, document indexes and lists
• Participating in interviews of parties, witnesses, and experts and providing assistance with interview memos, written statements, and/or affidavits
• Reviewing and outlining depositions, indexes and summarizing documents
• Providing assistance in the trial of cases including the scheduling of witnesses and tracking exhibits
• Performing assigned legal research tasks using all available resources, including libraries and computer data systems
• Proofreading and marking legal documents
• Interacting with clients and maintaining files

Requirements

• Four year college degree required; paralegal certificate recommended

The statements contained in this position description are not necessarily all-inclusive, additional duties and responsibilities may be assigned and requirements may vary from time to time.