Legal Staff Paralegal in Houston, TX

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Law Firm Staff brings you up to date and high quality legal staff openings in law firms and in-house legal departments of business organizations. In addition, we help solo attorneys hire experienced personnel from the legal industry. We not only have the best law firm staff positions, but we also have the most. Litigation Paralegal Duties : The candidate will build and maintain litigation database information. Gather information and documents for discovery responses, including e-discovery. Organize and analyze information. Perform record/information searches. Monitor progress of case including confirmation of pleadings and discovery e-filed. Calendar management including tracking of all deadlines. Review and respond to requests for information from outside counsel. Prepare business correspondence. Analyze pleadings and discovery, including memorandum of highlights. Strictly protect confidentiality of sensitive information. Cull relevant details and information from all available resources. Categorize and interpret data. Review and analyze reports, responses and records produced by opposing counsel. Preparation of case status reports. Monitor new and updated laws and rules. Coordinate and schedule independent medical evaluations. Coordinate and schedule depositions. Perform online research related to the history of civil/criminal records. Prepare trial/case notebooks. Acquisition of business/medical records, including summarization. Prepare medical chronologies and medical expense itemizations. Acquisition of depositions, including summarization. Assists in locating documents which may be important to the outcome of the case. Assist with preparation of trial exhibits. Locate and interview witnesses. Organize and assemble case information for expert witnesses. Assist in the preparation for hearings, trials, mediations. Conduct and carry out redactions, duplication as well as the indexing of documents. Contact and maintain rapport with vendors, courts and outside counsel. Prepare production/case logs for tracking discovery exchange/management of case materials. Client interaction to collect facts, documents, etc.

Requirements : The candidate should have a High School diploma or equivalent. College degree and/or paralegal certification is preferred. Should have 2 - 5 years job experience in personal injury litigation group. Trial and mass tort experience is preferred. Should have knowledge of Microsoft Office software, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

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