Litigation Paralegal

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K

PTO

Disability

Parental Leave

Life Insurance

Job summary

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP is looking for an experienced Litigation Paralegal to join their Raleigh office. The successful candidate will support attorneys by drafting pleadings, conducting legal research, and managing multiple cases. Candidates should have strong litigation support and case management experience.

This full-time position offers a friendly, business casual environment, competitive compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and more.

Qualifications

• Experience in litigation support, case management, and new matter intake process.
• Familiarity with North Carolina State and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
• Ability to adapt to changes in work environment and manage multiple cases.

Responsibilities

• Communicate professionally and efficiently with clients and professional staff.
• Provide support to attorneys with drafting pleadings and conducting research.
• Review, gather, and organize client documents.

Skills

Litigation support

Case management

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Written communication

Microsoft Office Suite

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 Raleigh 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.