Senior Intellectual Property Litigation Paralegal

New York, NY

New York office of a premier, global, law firm has an opening for a Senior Intellectual Property Litigation Paralegal.  The Senior Intellectual Property Litigation Paralegal applies Litigation knowledge of legal procedures to provide fundamental assistance to lawyers. 

Responsibilities

• Perform work in an efficient and cost-effective manner so as to permit the Firm to reasonably collect fees for such work; Meet expectations of billable hours target of 1,725 (unless otherwise specified);
• Perform daily case management tasks, including organizing and saving key case correspondence, pleadings, discovery, expert materials, and client documents;
• Assist attorney team with organization and maintenance of case documents, and routine monitoring of case dockets and patent activity;
• Assist with factual research in internal and external databases and coordinate with research services staff;
• Assist with deposition, hearing and trial preparation;
• Coordinate with internal resources and outside vendor services;
• Work overtime as required; and
• Handle additional projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Litigation Paralegal experience (Intellectual Property Litigation experience required); Hatch-Waxman experience (preferred);
• ABA-approved Paralegal Certificate (preferred); Bachelor’s Degree (preferred);
• Fundamental proficiency and understanding of the lifecycle of a litigation and working knowledge of key documents related to a litigation including, but not limited to, case correspondence, pleadings, discovery, depositions, expert discovery, trial and appellate documents;
• Advanced proficiency in software including, but not limited to, MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel and Acrobat Adobe;
• Fundamental proficiency in software including, but not limited to, MS PowerPoint, LiveNote, Case Notebook, Relativity and FTP software (FileZilla);
• Fundamental proficiency in online research and internet search resources (Lexis Nexis/Westlaw);
• The ability to work independently with minimal supervision and to manage competing deadlines and assignments;
• Fundamental knowledge of Firm and Intellectual Property Litigation practice-area-specific procedures and terminology;
• Fundamental to Advanced knowledge of relevant jurisdictional/court/agency processes and procedures, including knowledge of Federal court practices, local rules and deadlines;
• Fundamental knowledge of timekeeping and expense reporting applications; and
• All paralegals must comply with continuing education requirements pursuant to the requirements of their jurisdiction.