Job Description

Experienced litigation paralegal needed to work full time and earn our undying gratitude. We are a small, well-established corporate transactional and litigation law firm located in the financial district, one block from Montgomery Street BART station.

REQUIREMENTS

• Detail-oriented, organized, and able to budget time effectively, multitask, and work independently
• Ability to work collaboratively with other team members
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including grammar, spelling, and proofreading
• Strongly preferred: at least four years of general litigation experience, including business litigation and real estate

The following additional qualifications are also desirable:

• Familiarity with California state and federal e-filing platforms; familiarity with e-discovery platforms
• Experience attending and assisting with civil trials
• Active licensed California notary
• Current California driver’s license
• Familiarity with probate procedures and filings
• Experience recording documents with county recorders

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Interacting with colleagues, clients, opposing counsel, and vendors in a professional manner
• Maintaining an electronic calendar of upcoming case events and deadlines
• Maintaining a database of firm contacts, including clients, potential clients, legal professionals, vendors, and others
• Handling state & federal court filings (both electronic and paper) as well as service of documents on parties and non-parties
• Using Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel applications
• Undertaking online research, including basic familiarity with Lexis/Westlaw
• Performing factual investigations, including client and witness interviews
• Engaging and working with legal industry vendors such as process servers, electronic discovery providers and private investigators
• Collecting and managing client and third-party records
• Drafting basic discovery requests and responses
• Reviewing documents for responsiveness, relevance, and privilege
• Managing hard-copy and electronic discovery, including production formats and document management systems
• Maintaining and updating paper and electronic pleading, correspondence, and other litigation-related case files
• Supervising and managing work of document clerks and other junior staff

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

• Compensation: between $75,000 and $80,000
• Benefits include Health Insurance, 401K, Profit Sharing Contributions to 401K, federal holidays and paid time off

ADDITIONAL

• This is a permanent and an in-office position; Monday-Friday, possible occasional overtime required (very rarely) evenings and/or weekends

HOW TO APPLY

•   Send resume and cover letter as a PDF document only

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