Business Litigation Paralegal

AppleOne Employment Services; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual discretionary bonus

Profit-sharing eligibility

Comprehensive benefits

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) retirement benefits

Commuter benefits

Well-being programs

Job summary

AppleOne Employment Services is seeking an experienced Business Litigation Paralegal for a direct hire opportunity in Hartford, CT. The role focuses on discovery, case management, document production, and trial preparation within complex business litigation matters.

You will work with attorneys, litigation support teams, and clients to move cases forward with precision, proactive communication, and teamwork in a professional legal services environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of paralegal or closely related litigation support experience.
• Bachelor's degree or paralegal certificate required.
• Experience with discovery, document review, and trial prep.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Proficiency with document management systems and databases.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and organize case files, databases, and litigation materials.
• Support discovery, including document review and privilege logs.
• Draft, proofread, format, file, and serve legal documents.
• Conduct factual and legal authority research for litigation strategy.
• Assist with deposition and trial preparation, including exhibits and electronic presentations.
• Coordinate with attorneys, clients, and vendors, and track deadlines.

Skills

Paralegal experience

Litigation support

Document management

Discovery experience

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Paralegal certificate

Tools

E-Discovery tools

Document management systems

Database/spreadsheet software

Litigation technology

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Business Litigation Paralegal for a direct hire opportunity in Hartford, CT. This role is ideal for a litigation paralegal with strong discovery, case management, document production, and trial preparation experience who enjoys working on complex business litigation matters in a professional legal services environment.

The Business Litigation Paralegal will work closely with attorneys, litigation support teams, internal departments, clients, and outside vendors to help move cases forward efficiently and accurately. This is a strong opportunity for a detail-oriented legal professional who values organized case strategy, proactive communication, teamwork, and high-quality work product.

This position offers stability, meaningful litigation work, comprehensive benefits, annual bonus potential, profit-sharing eligibility, and the opportunity to contribute within a collaborative legal team that values precision, professionalism, and strong client service.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, maintain, and organize case files, indices, chronologies, databases, document collections, and litigation materials for attorney and client review.
• Support all phases of discovery, including document review, production, privilege review, redactions, tagging, privilege logs, redaction logs, quality control, and vendor coordination.
• Draft, proofread, format, assemble, file, and serve correspondence, memoranda, pleadings, motions, briefs, exhibits, tables of contents, and tables of authorities.
• Conduct investigative, factual, background, witness, case law, and legal authority research to support litigation strategy.
• Assist with deposition and trial preparation, including witness binders, exhibit preparation, deposition designations, electronic presentations, and coordination with litigation support.
• Proactively manage larger litigation matters by coordinating support efforts, tracking deadlines, organizing workrooms, and preparing for upcoming case events.

Compensation and Benefits

• Salary range: $85,000 to $95,000 per year.
• Annual discretionary bonus eligibility based on performance.
• Profit-sharing contribution eligibility based on firm profitability.
• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life, accident, and disability insurance plans.
• 401(k) retirement benefits.
• Commuter benefits.
• Well-being programs.
• Annual billable hours requirement: 1,500 hours, excluding overtime from calculations.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Manage litigation case files, document databases, chronologies, discovery materials, and production workflows.
• Support business litigation matters through discovery, motion practice, deposition preparation, and trial preparation.
• Coordinate with attorneys, clients, internal teams, litigation support personnel, and E-Discovery vendors.
• Prepare and quality check legal documents, exhibits, filings, privilege logs, redaction logs, and case materials.
• 5+ years of paralegal or closely related litigation support experience required.
• Bachelor's degree or paralegal certificate required.
• Strong business litigation, complex litigation, or commercial litigation support experience preferred for success in this role.
• Experience with document review platforms, file management systems, databases, spreadsheets, word processing, imaging tools, and litigation technology.
• Knowledge of discovery processes, document production, privilege review, redactions, tagging, quality control, and secure client data handling.
• Ability to draft, proofread, format, cite-check when applicable, assemble, file, and serve litigation documents with accuracy.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing deadlines, large volumes of documents, and multiple case priorities.
• Professional communication skills and the ability to work effectively with attorneys, clients, vendors, and internal departments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting complex business litigation matters from discovery through trial.
• Hands-on experience with E-Discovery vendors, document review tools, secure file transfer, encryption practices, and client data management.
• Strong trial preparation experience, including exhibit organization, witness binders, deposition designations, and electronic presentation support.
• Experience preparing motions, briefs, tables of contents, tables of authorities, and litigation exhibits.
• Proactive case management skills and the ability to anticipate attorney and case team needs.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans

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For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, AppleOne is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact your staffing representative who will reach out to our HR team.

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We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.