Litigation Paralegal

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 48,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K

PTO

Disability

Parental Leave

Life Insurance

Job summary

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, a national law firm, seeks an experienced Litigation Paralegal for its Charlotte office. This full-time role requires paralegal experience, preferably in a large firm, with potential hybrid work options.

Qualified candidates should handle litigation support, discovery, eFiling (NC and federal), and case management while maintaining professionalism and detail. The firm offers a competitive benefits package and a collaborative, business-casual environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in litigation support, case management, and new matter intake process.
• Familiarity with the North Carolina State and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
• Experience in court efiling for both state and federal jurisdictions.
• Ability to manage multiple cases; flexible, proactive, resourceful, and professional.
• Work independently and collaboratively within a team.
• Experience drafting and organizing discovery – both written discovery and document production.
• Experience with Summation Pro, Relativity or comparable eDiscovery software is a plus.
• Excellent analytical and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational and technical skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Communicate professionally with clients, attorneys, paralegals, and staff.
• Assist attorneys with drafting pleadings, efiling, and legal research.
• Review and organize client documents from production to discovery.
• Prepare pleadings, discovery requests and responses.
• Provide general office support, maintain files, scan/copy documents, and coordinate meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Litigation support

Case management

eDiscovery software

eFiling (NC/US)

Microsoft Office

Research

Professionalism

Education

Paralegal experience

Tools

Summation Pro

Relativity

Job description

Overview

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, a national law firm with offices in all 50 States, has an immediate opening for an experienced Litigation Paralegal in its forthcoming Charlotte office. Qualified candidates must have paralegal experience, preferably in a large law firm setting. There may be flexible options for successful candidates, including hybrid opportunities. This is a full-time position.

Qualifications:

• Experience in litigation support, case management, and new matter intake process.
• Familiarity with the North Carolina State and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
• Experience in court efiling for both state (eFile North Carolina) and federal jurisdictions.
• Ability to adapt to changes in work environment and manage multiple cases, remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful and efficient, with a high level of professionalism.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.
• Experience drafting and organizing discovery – both written discovery and document production.
• Experience with Summation Pro, Relativity or comparable eDiscovery litigation support software is a plus.
• Excellent analytical and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational and technical skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Key Responsibilities:

• Communicate professionally, productively, and efficiently with clients, contacts, attorneys, other paralegals, and all other professional staff.
• Provide support to attorneys with drafting pleadings, efiling, conducting factual and legal research, document review/analysis, preparing productions, and preparing for hearings, depositions and mediations.
• Review, gather, and organize client documents from production to discovery.
• Assist with preparing pleadings, discovery requests and responses.
• Provide general office support, maintain and organize files, scan/copy documents, maintain calendars, prepare expense reports, and coordinate internal/external meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.

The firm offers a friendly, business casual environment with competitive compensation and a full benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, PTO, Disability, Parental Leave and Life Insurance.

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani is an equal opportunity employer.