TITLE: LITIGATION PARALEGAL
LOCATION: HACKENSACK, NJ
POSITION: FTE
Responsibilities:
Assisting lawyers in all aspects of the Litigation Department’s caseloads, including:
- the organization and maintenance of court materials
- drafting and filing pleadings, motions, and other court documents; preparation of correspondence, memoranda, discovery, and other communications with minimal supervision
- management of docket, matter dates, and deadlines
- deposition digesting and preparation
- coordination of deposition, hearing, motion and trial preparation.
Assist with and coordinate paper and electronic discovery process, including:
- identifying potentially relevant electronically stored information (“ESI”)
- draft and issue legal hold notices; coordinate with clients to identify, preserve, and collect relevant sources of ESI and paper discovery
- assist with processing, reviewing, and coding ESI.
Requirements:
- 3+ years of law firm litigation paralegal experience.
- Knowledge of and ability to electronically file (CM/ECF) pleadings required.
- College degree and/or paralegal certificate required.
- Strong working knowledge of MSOffice (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Relativity, and Concordance required.
- Knowledge of IManage a plus.