Employment Law Litigation Paralegal

The role

This Paralegal will work closely with a lead attorney and Litigation Paralegal to provide litigation support in the Employment Law department.

What you will do

• Prepare legal documents including pleadings, motions, affidavits, complaints, legal memoranda.
• Organize exhibits, documents, evidence, briefs, and appendices.
• Interface with Administrative Agencies, including EEOC.
• E-file court documents in federal and state court.
• Prepare discovery documents, interrogatories, and responses.
• Draft and serve summons.
• Coordinate depositions.
• Prepare deposition and hearing binders and exhibits.
• Drafting pleadings, motions and appellate documents and filing them with the court.
• Interfacing with clients to keep them apprised of the status of their case and to obtain documents needed for discovery.

Required qualifications

• At least 2+ years of working experience in legal services under an attorney or lawyer in a law firm setting.
• General Litigation Experience
• Applicable knowledge of motions, discovery, evidence, litigation documentation, court rules, and procedures, practices.
• Highly organized with the ability to juggle multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Nice to have

• Associate degree, certificate, or equivalent work experience
• Completion of a nationally accredited paralegal program
• General Litigation Experience, preferably in federal court

Benefits

• medical and dental insurance
• 401(k) plan
• paid time off
• paid holidays

Before you apply

• This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

About the company

Morgan & Morgan is a leading personal injury law firm dedicated to protecting the people, not the powerful. Their over 6,000 employees are united by the mission: For the People.