Litigation Paralegal
Hybrid
This isn't just another paralegal job. One of Irvine's most prestigious mid-size firms is searching for a litigation paralegal who thrives under pressure. With an average employee tenure of 12 years, this is where legal professionals build lasting careers.
What's in store? High-stakes cases, cutting-edge legal work, and a team that knows how to win. This role goes beyond routine document review-expect sophisticated assignments: deep-dive legal research, evidence handling, deposition prep, trial logistics, and crafting compelling visuals that make arguments bulletproof. If working alongside elite attorneys on cases that matter sounds like your kind of challenge, now's the time to step up.
Expect exceptional benefits, generous bonuses, and a truly family-friendly environment. This is the kind of firm where reputations are made. Miss this opportunity, and someone else will claim your spot. Apply now.
Job Responsibilities & Tasks
- Prepare correspondence, legal forms, subpoenas, and other basic pleadings
- Conduct legal research and perform cite checking using Lexis Nexis or Westlaw
- Collect documents from client, opposing parties, and third parties
- Load, organize, and manage documents
- Review and tag documents in electronic document management databases for privilege and key issues
- Oversee document production, redactions, and preparation of privilege logs
- Perform factual research or background research of experts and witnesses
- Prepare charts and graphs of damages and other information
- Enter data and prepare chronologies and timelines and lists of key witnesses/players
- Create tables of contents and authorities with hyperlinks for court-filed documents
- Prepare binders for depositions, hearings, and attorney review
- Summarize document productions, deposition transcripts
- Manage logistics for depositions and trial, including conference or courtroom logistics for deposition, trial, or hearing and provide trial-tech support
- Prepare witness outlines, jury instructions, demonstratives, trial designations, witness lists, exhibit lists and binders, and other materials for trial and trial presentation
Qualifications and Litigation Experience
- Bachelor's Degree preferred; Paralegal Certificate
- Minimum 4 years of complex business litigation paralegal experience in CA state and federal courts (experience with commercial real estate and construction litigation preferred)
- Experience with Relativity, Opus and OnCue
- Calendaring or docketing system, such as Court Alert
- Strong software skills and knowledge such as Adobe/Kofax, Microsoft Suite
- Flexibility for travel and overtime as needed
- 1,600 billable hour requirement