Our client is a national boutique law firm focused exclusively on Healthcare and Life Sciences. The Firm draws on its experience representing stakeholders across the entire healthcare spectrum. In the Life Sciences, they have represented pharmacies of all kinds and assisted with regulatory, transactional, and litigation matters. On the Healthcare side, the Firm's clients have included large physician group practices, hospitals, hospital medical staff, ambulatory surgery centers, laboratory companies, as well as the complete panoply of ancillary service providers. Firm X attorneys are licensed in numerous states. The Firm has offices in Pine Brook, New Jersey, and New York City.
Job Summary:
Oour client is preparing for around 20 individual trials, all in the Life Sciences "DIR" arena (medicare reimbursement issues). These trials are back-to-back. They need someone experience, fast, effective, efficient and who learns quickly.
Job Responsibilities:
Communicate timely, effectively, and professionally with court personnel, opposing counsel, co-workers, and others
Document management using NetDocuments
Manage outside vendors
Draft pleadings and discovery
File pleadings with the court (including e-Filing)
Legal research
Investigative research
Analyze data and prepare summary charts
Keep track of case deadlines
Work with electronically stored information (ESI)
Document organization
Summarize transcripts
Prepare trial exhibit lists and trial notebooks
Prepare deposition exhibit lists and deposition notebooks
Track exhibits and other evidence during a trial
Enter billable time into Center base software
Requirements:
4+ years' experience as a litigation paralegal in a private law firm
A background in complex commercial litigation would be helpful.
Complex litigation experience
Completion of an ABA-approved paralegal certificate program OR a college degree in paralegal studies; will consider equivalent work experience in lieu
Strong litigation background and skills, including trial preparation
Competency on NetDocuments (or other document manager), MS Office, Adobe PDF
Experience with class actions a plus
Healthcare experience a plus