Litigation Legal Assistant/Paralegal

Min 3 yrs required

Full-time

No

Litigation Legal Assistant/Paralegal - Downtown Fort Lauderdale - 0146
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Salary: Competitive and based on experience
Experience: Minimum 3 years of complex commercial litigation experience in a law firm environment

Duties and Responsibilities:
- Familiarity with all aspects of complying with filing requirements and deadlines
- Ability to draft pleadings and orders
- Preparing and e-filing documents for Federal and State Courts in Florida
- Heavy dictation
- Coordinate and assist with trial preparations
- Handling multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously
- Heavy calendaring and scheduling for meetings, calls, and deadlines
- Managing attorney's schedule and calendar
- Preparing and responding to extensive discovery
- Document management, organization, retrieval, and production
- Maintaining case pleadings, correspondence, discovery, and research
- Preparing and finalizing pleadings in accordance with court rules
- Preparing for depositions and coordinating with outside vendors
- Cite-checking and editing/revising legal documents
- Organizing and preparing exhibit lists and privilege logs
- Some billable work required
- Other duties as assigned

Benefits:
- Heavily subsidized health insurance premiums
- Firm paid HSA contributions ranging from $600 and $1,200 annually
- Firm pays 100% of employee only premium for dental insurance and provides inexpensive options for dependents
- Firm pays 100% of employee only premium for vision insurance and provides inexpensive options for dependents
- Tax advantaged account options like Flexible Spending Accounts and Dependent Care Accounts
- Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability Insurance paid by the Firm
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- 11 paid holidays (in 2024)
- Generous PTO for full-time employees
- Traditional and Roth 401(k) options from day one, eligible for discretionary Firm matching contribution after 1 year of service

Law Firm Culture:
- Equal opportunity employer
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law
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Heavily subsidized health insurance premiums, Firm paid HSA contributions, dental and vision insurance, tax advantaged account options, life and disability insurance, employee assistance program, 11 paid holidays, generous PTO, 401(k) options with firm matching contribution

Complex commercial litigation, e-filing, draft pleadings and orders, heavy dictation, trial preparations, calendaring, document management, discovery, billable work, cite-check, legal document editing, exhibit lists, privilege logs

All inquiries will be kept confidential

Qualification and Experience At least 3 years of complex commercial litigation experience in a law firm environment, strong knowledge of e-filing in State and Federal court for Florida

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