Litigation Paralegal

Min 5 yrs required

Full-time

No

- Job Title: Litigation Paralegal
- Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Salary: Not mentioned in the job description
- Job Type: Full-time
- Category: Corporate
- Remote: Fully Onsite
- Department: Legal

H1: Join Thermo Fisher Scientific as a Litigation Paralegal

H2: Exciting Opportunity for a Proactive Litigation Paralegal

Thermo Fisher Scientific, a global leader in providing services to enable a healthier, cleaner, and safer world, is looking for a Litigation Paralegal to support their legal department and manage legal risks.

What will you do?

- Provide support to in-house and outside litigation teams in all phases of complex civil litigation, including contract, products liability, personal injury, property damage, toxic tort, environmental litigation, and intellectual property.
- Assist in litigation projects, such as factual investigation, document collection, review and production, discovery requests, and witness interviews and deposition preparation.
- Manage responses to demands, threatened claims, and requests for information from third parties.
- Handle litigation holds, new case intake process, files, and records, and coordinate project and case deadlines.
- Conduct legal and factual research.
- Contribute to legal department projects through project management.
- Collaborate across organizational and geographic boundaries to build scalable processes.
- Perform other duties as assigned to support Thermo Fisher's mission and the legal department.

How will you get here?

- 5+ years of commercial litigation experience at a major law firm or in-house legal department.
- Bachelor's Degree in business administration, legal studies, communications, or a similar or related subject, or equivalent knowledge and experience.
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex strategic projects.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

- 4+ years of experience with eDiscovery tools, with experience in Relativity being a plus.
- Solid understanding of federal, state, and local civil procedure rules.
- 2+ years of experience with project management in a legal or scientific/engineering context.
- Deadline and detail-oriented, self-directed, and skilled in prioritization and multitasking.
- Willingness to learn new skills and take on non-traditional paralegal tasks, including exposure to project management frameworks.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Tools, such as Excel, Power Point, Power BI, Tableau, Miro, and Smartsheets.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal), strong initiative, results-orientation, collaborative/team instinct, and a can-do mindset.

Why work with Thermo Fisher Scientific?

- Join a team of 100,000+ colleagues who share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement.
- Work for a company that values diverse experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives.
- Accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation, and support patients in need.
- Start your story at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Apply today!

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

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Legal Research, Factual Investigation, Document Collection, Review and Production, Discovery Requests, Witness Interview and Deposition Preparation, Project Management, Communication, Microsoft Office Tools, eDiscovery Tools

Bachelor's Degree (preferably in business administration, legal studies, communications, or a similar or related subject), or the equivalent knowledge and experience.

Interested candidates can apply through the company's website at .

Qualification and Experience Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Legal Studies, Communications, or equivalent knowledge and experience

Legal