Legal Staff Paralegal in Richmond, VA

Law Firm

Richmond, VA

Legal Staff Paralegal in Richmond, VA

Legal Staff

Min 3 yrs required

No

Litigation Paralegal

Job Title
Litigation Paralegal

Job Responsibilities
- Review and analyze cases to assist in trial and hearing preparations.
- Prepare evaluations and status reports for clients by analyzing matters.
- Assist attorneys by drafting legal documents such as complaints, answers, routine notices, statements of facts, motions, petitions, and case status reports.
- Establish, organize, and maintain pleading boards, attorney trial boxes and notebooks, expert witness notebooks, document indexes, and lists as necessary.
- Locate and confer with expert witnesses and resource people. Arrange for expert witness inspections and obtain necessary approvals from counsel of record and specified parties.
- Conduct research and locate cases, depositions, opinions, reports, and supporting information.
- Contact and interview parties, witnesses, and experts, including obtaining written statements from witnesses.
- Review and outline depositions and index and summarize documents.
- Utilize computerized litigation techniques and software when applicable.
- Assist in trial preparation.
- Perform assigned legal research using all available resources.
- Manage voluminous records while ensuring compliance with the Patient Privacy Act and confidentiality requirements.
- Follow ethical requirements as set forth by the Rules of Professional Conduct of the state.
- Perform other related duties incidental to the work described.

Education and Experience Information
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a litigation paralegal role.
- Experience with eDiscovery platforms is strongly preferred.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office is essential.
- Knowledge of legal principles and practices acquired through formal paralegal training or its equivalent.
- Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints.
- Ability to concentrate and pay close attention to detail when evaluating legal matters.
- Ability to proofread typed material for contextual, grammatical, typographical, or spelling errors.
- People skills necessary to communicate in person, by e-mail, and telephone, and follow instructions effectively from a diverse group of clients, attorneys, and staff.
- Ability to convey information with ordinary courtesy and tact.
- Work occasionally requires an elevated level of effort while organizing and maintaining multiple cases.
- Ability to retrieve, print, and distribute volumes of client files and support information.
- Must be able to push and pull packages, and books weighing up to 20 pounds as well as retrieve and replace objects from shelves of up to 8 feet high.
- Work occasionally requires more than 40 hours per week, and may also require irregular hours to perform the essential duties of the position.
- Ability to operate standard office equipment.
- Ability to travel to private and public buildings, locally and statewide, via private or public conveyance to assist attorneys in attending to client needs on legal matters.

Salary Information
The law firm offers a competitive salary along with a generous benefits package. The law firm is a drug-free workplace and an equal opportunity employer.