Litigation Paralegal

Innovative Driven; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Innovative Driven is seeking a dynamic Litigation Paralegal to join its New York office. The role offers an initial fully onsite period of three months, followed by a hybrid arrangement with three days onsite and two remote, workload permitting.

You will support high-stakes, sophisticated litigation alongside a talented attorney group, handling document production, filings and discovery with strong e-discovery and research tools.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of litigation paralegal experience in a law firm.
• Proficient in court databases (PACER, Courtlink, BloombergLaw, CourtAlert).
• Proficient with e-discovery tools (Everlaw, Relativity).
• Familiar with AI tools used in the legal industry.
• Knowledge of New York Civil Practice Law & Rules and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
• Strong MS Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat, Outlook, PowerPoint skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage case documents, including collection, organization, review and production of documents.
• Draft, review and revise litigation documents.
• Assist with the preparation of court filings, including cite and fact checking legal briefs.
• Proofread and assemble exhibits and appendices.
• Utilize research tools like Westlaw and PACER.
• Draft discovery documents and pleadings for attorney review.
• Coordinate and prepare documents for production and log creations.
• Complete electronic filings in assigned courts.

Skills

Litigation experience

Deadline management

Legal research

Document drafting

Tools

Westlaw

LexisNexis

PACER

CourtAlert

Everlaw

Relativity

ShareFile

Microsoft Word

Excel

Adobe Acrobat

Outlook

PowerPoint

Job description

Innovative Driven is currently seeking a dynamic Litigation Paralegal to join the New York office of one of our most forward-thinking global law firm clients! The firm is proud of its long-standing reputation as the leading firm for many of the world’s most successful companies.

Although the firm has a global reach, it also prizes its exemplary focus on excellence in service and a supportive, collaborative culture! This is an amazing opportunity to work with a talented group of attorneys on high stakes, sophisticated litigation!

The hours for the role are 9:30AM-5:30PM, Monday-Friday, with flexibility for overtime. The paralegal will be fully onsite for the first three months. After that period, the role will be hybrid, with three days onsite and two remote, each week (workflow permitting).

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage case documents, including collection, organization, review and production of documents
• Draft, review and revise litigation documents
• Assist with the preparation of court filings, including cite and fact checking legal briefs, cross-reference checks
• Proofread and assemble exhibits and appendices
• Utilize various research tools, Westlaw LexisNexis, PACER, SEC/EDGAR
• Draft discovery documents and pleadings for attorney review
• Facilitate trial and arbitration preparation
• Track exhibits, assist with technology and work with court reporters, courtroom personnel, hotel contacts, vendors, clients, and witnesses
• Coordinate and prepare documents for production including preparing chronologies of facts, creating document productions logs, privilege logs and redaction logs
• Responsible for data organization uploads and downloads using systems such as ShareFile
• Complete electronic filings in assigned courts.

REQUIREMENTS:

• 3+ years of litigation paralegal experience in law firm setting
• Proficient in searching and retrieving information from court-related databases (e.g. Courtlink, PACER, BloombergLaw, CourtAlert) and other on-line sources of case information
• Proficiency with e-discovery tools (i.e. Everlaw, Relativity)
• Proficiency with artificial intelligence tools used in the legal industry
• Must be highly familiar with litigation practice and able to quickly and accurately determine which filings and documents trigger future deadlines
• Demonstrated familiarity with federal, state and local court systems, including electronic filing systems
• Demonstrated familiarity with New York Civil Practice Law & Rules and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Suite - specifically, Word & Excel, along with Adobe Acrobat, Outlook and PowerPoint