Junior Paralegal: Legal Docs, Research & Closings

Proskauer Rose LLP; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 54,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Proskauer Rose LLP in Washington, DC, seeks an entry-level paralegal to support attorneys and senior paralegals across transactional, labor, and litigation matters.

The role involves organizing client requests, preparing pleadings and documents, coordinating filings, and assisting with witness materials, depositions, and closings. Candidates should be a recent college graduate with a BA/BS, strong written and verbal communication, and proficiency in MS Office; overtime may be required.

Qualifications

• Recent college graduate with a BA or BS degree from a 4-year college.
• Academically accomplished with excellent organizational skills. Willing to make a two-year commitment.
• Available to work overtime when required, including evenings and weekends.
• Ability to work well under pressure in a collaborative environment and handle multiple tasks efficiently.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Foreign language skills are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Arranging logistics for client requests, team meetings, depositions, and closings.
• Assisting attorneys with the preparation of pleadings, corporate documents, entity formations, contracts.
• Preparing, tracking and organizing witness materials, document productions, closing documents, signature pages, closing sets and filings.
• Coordinating court and government agency filings.
• Conducting statistical, factual and legal research and assembling data for analyses; compiling, organizing and reviewing client documents.
• Preparing for and attending depositions, arbitrations, trials and closings; maintaining case files, document databases and data rooms.
• Preparing audit letters for distribution to auditors and clients; conducting UCC searches and filing UCC filings; facilitating communication between clients and third parties.

Skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Proskauer Rose LLP in Washington, DC, seeks an entry-level paralegal to support attorneys and senior paralegals across transactional, labor, and litigation matters.

The role involves organizing client requests, preparing pleadings and documents, coordinating filings, and assisting with witness materials, depositions, and closings. Candidates should be a recent college graduate with a BA/BS, strong written and verbal communication, and proficiency in MS Office; overtime may be required.