LITIGATION PARALEGAL

McAfee & Taft; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

McAfee & Taft is seeking a Litigation Paralegal to support multiple attorneys and manage project execution with a high level of responsibility. You will handle filings in state and federal courts, draft and edit pleadings, and coordinate with clients, experts, and court staff to keep cases on track for trials and depositions.

The role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage deadlines in a fast-paced, professional office setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of legal experience required; 4+ years preferred.
• Associate's degree in paralegal or legal studies preferred.
• Paralegal certification from ABA-approved program preferred.
• Strong organizational and research skills; deadline-driven.

Responsibilities

• Handle state and federal court filings to ensure timely submission of documents and exhibits.
• Draft documents, file motions, and prepare letters and correspondence.
• Communicate with clients, experts, court staff, and others to gather information and respond to inquiries.
• Maintain case progression for trials, hearings and depositions.
• Prepare witness and exhibit lists and summarize documents for production.
• Organize and maintain case files, databases, and spreadsheets.

Skills

Integrity/Ethics

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Quality

Sense of Urgency

Education

Associate's degree in paralegal or legal studies or related discipline

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

Job Details: Job Location: OK - OKC - Oklahoma City, OK 73102, Position Type: Full Time, Job Category: Legal Admin, POSITION SUMMARY

The Litigation Paralegal is responsible for supporting multiple attorneys in the Firm and is expected to have a high degree of responsibility for project management and implementation.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions Statement(s)

• Handle state and federal court filings to ensure timely and accurate submission of documents and exhibits. Monitor filing deadlines and maintain accurate filing records
• Draft documents, file motions, and prepare letters and correspondence
• Communicate with clients, experts, court staff, and others to gather information, provide updates, and respond to inquiries
• Keep progression of case on track in preparation for trials, hearings and depositions
• Draft, edit, and maintain witness and exhibit lists
• Monitor and review procedural rules of court, and manage the implementation of procedural rules for all filings
• Assist attorneys in daily case management
• Interact with other paralegals to assist with heavy workload or coverage
• Prepare, review, edit, proofread and file a variety of documents
• Prepare tables of contents and indexes for court filings
• Review, cull and summarize document production, and prepare organized indexes and filing systems for documents
• Prepare documents and exhibits for discovery production and court filings, incorporate redactions and bates labels
• Organize and maintain case files, attorney notebooks, databases, spreadsheets and other materials
• Develop, respond or object to interrogatories or request to admit and summarize interrogatories and admissions received
• Draft and edit pleadings; including reviewing and answering complaints, counterclaims and third-party complaints, motions to dismiss or strike jurisdictional motions and research for pleadings
• Administratively support firm business development, if needed

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications: POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Competency Statement(s)

• Integrity/Ethics - Deals with others in a straightforward and honest manner, is accountable for actions, maintains confidentiality, supports company values, conveys good news and bad.
• Communication - Communicates well both verbally and in writing, creates accurate and punctual reports, delivers presentations, shares information and ideas With others, has good listening skills.
• Interpersonal Skills - Has good listening skills, builds strong relationships, is flexible/open-minded, negotiates effectively, solicits performance feedback, and handles constructive criticism.
• Quality - Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems.
• Sense of Urgency - Prioritizes well, shows energy, reacts to opportunities, instills urgency in others, meets deadlines.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Education:

• Associate's degree in paralegal or legal studies or other related discipline is preferred. An equivalent combination of education and experience is required.

Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years of legal experience required, and 4+ years in legal experience preferred.

Computer Skills:

• Skilled with MS Office Suite and other office products.

Certificates & Licenses:

• Paralegal certification from ABA-approves program is preferred.

Other Requirements:

• Excellent problem-solving skills and willingness to conduct research to learn new tasks. Strong organizational skills to maintain work lists, organize documents, and monitor deadlines and filings. Ability to ask questions, clarify issues, and provide project updates as needed. Excellent written and oral communication skills (comprehension & expression). Strong command of the English language, including excellent spelling, grammar, punctuation, form and style. Detail-oriented and ability to create, compose, proof and edit correspondence. Possess sense of initiative and responsibility to manage case load and maintain confidentiality of records and information. Ability to work in a fast paced, high-pressured environment and maintain case/trial deadlines.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work environment is in a professional office setting. The majority of activity this role performs will be sedentary work.