Senior Litigation Paralegal

The role

Litigation Paralegals and Senior Litigation Paralegals will serve as part of litigation case teams. They will perform cite-checking, formatting, and document preparation for legal filings.

What you will do

• Perform cite-checking, blue-booking, proofreading, and formatting for motions, briefs, complaints, and legal filings.
• Use legal software for e-discovery, PDFs, word processing, table of authorities, legal research, case search, and case management.
• Understand and follow litigation practice area protocols.
• Organize case documents following established systems and protocols.
• Review documents for relevance, responsiveness, and privileged and confidential information.
• Prepare documents for production.
• Assist in hearing or trial preparation and logistics.
• Prepare pleadings and discovery under lawyer supervision.
• File and e-file pleadings in federal, state courts and government agencies.

Required qualifications

• 5 or more years of legal support experience for Litigation Paralegal.
• 10 or more years of legal support experience for Senior Litigation Paralegal.
• Significant experience substantively cite-checking, BlueBooking, formatting, and proofreading legal filings and supporting documents.
• Significant experience using software programs for e-discovery, PDFs, word processing, table of authorities, table of contents, legal research, docket searches, case searches, and case and file manage
• Experience organizing and preparing documents and exhibits for filing, including use of Adobe PDF and CM-ECF/PACER.
• Experience researching and complying with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, local rules, and Judge’s orders.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to work collaboratively and respectfully on a team of attorneys and legal support professionals.
• Ability to handle multiple concurrent assignments and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Well-developed collaborative and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to sit for extended periods and work on a computer.

Benefits

• excellent benefits
• overtime eligible

About the company

Democracy Forward Foundation seeks to promote pro-democracy and progressive policies and ideals via litigation and regulatory engagement.