Senior Litigation Paralegal (237 / o)

Job Description

Job Description

Complex litigation firm located in Pensacola, FL specializing in the areas of personal injury, criminal defense, class actions, trucking accidents, felonies, civil rights, white collar and self-defense is looking for a full-time Senior Litigation Paralegal to join their team. This role will work closely with a lead attorney and legal assistant and will assist the attorney in all phases of the litigation process including conducting legal research, document preparation, document review, drafting pleadings and motions, and trial preparation as well as managing case files, organizing documents, and maintaining the case calendar.

Ideal candidates will be passionate about being a paralegal, enjoy helping people, have a strong work ethic, have a minimum of 10 years’ experience as a litigation paralegal with at least 2 years of working directly for a trial lawyer and experience as a former state attorney paralegal is a plus. This is a full-time position on site at the firm’s Pensacola, FL office.

Responsibilities include :

• Prepare legal documents including pleadings, motions, affidavits, complaints, legal memoranda and appellate documents to file with the court
• E-file all court documents in state and federal court
• Communicate with clients, courts, counsel, and others
• Conduct legal research and factual investigation
• Prepare discovery documents, interrogatories, and responses as well as aid attorneys with interrogatories and other discovery requests
• Draft and serve summons
• Coordinate and summarize depositions
• Maintain pleadings and discovery indexes
• Organize exhibits, documents, evidence, briefs, appendices and prepare trial binders and exhibits with legal assistant
• Gather relevant information from a variety of sources
• Liaise between trial teams and internal and external third parties
• Help with witness preparation
• Help with case settlements

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