Litigation Paralegal

Novate Legal Search; Walnut Creek (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Novate Legal Search is seeking an experienced litigation paralegal to join a busy California team. The role involves handling multiple matters, discovery, document review, and trial support in a firm with a focus on construction defect matters.

Ideal candidates will have 3+ years of CA litigation paralegal experience, ABA-approved certification, and strong MS Office, Westlaw, and eDiscovery familiarity. Excellent communication and organizational skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a litigation paralegal in California.
• Construction Defect experience is required.
• Paralegal certification from an ABA-approved program.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office; familiarity with Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Acrobat; Westlaw.

Responsibilities

• Summarize and index documents.
• Assist with identifying, collecting, analyzing, reviewing and producing electronic and paper documents in response to subpoenas and discovery requests.
• Perform document reviews for privilege and redaction of confidential information.
• Upload/Download documents and create links using OneDrive, DropBox, or similar program.
• Work with databases such as Concordance and Relativity.
• Assist with trial preparation (trial binders, exhibits, etc.).
• Draft discovery and respond to discovery.
• Perform legal research and analysis.
• Check legal cites for proper format, content and standing.
• Prepare court filings, draft and issue subpoenas.
• Prepare California Public Records Act requests.

Skills

Internet research

Communication skills

Organization

Attention to detail

Legal research

Drafting

Legal citation

Education

ABA-approved paralegal program

Paralegal certification

3+ years litigation paralegal experience (California)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Outlook

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Acrobat

Coyote

Westlaw

Concordance

Relativity

Job description

Established law firm is seeking an experienced litigation paralegal. The candidate will work with our busy litigation team and work on multiple matters. Construction Defect experience is required.

Applicant must be able to take direction, be skilled and experienced, organized, capable of performing internet research, have excellent written and verbal communication skills, be proficient in Microsoft office, and have great attention to detail.

Paralegal certification from a paralegal program approved by the American Bar Association.

3+ years of experience as a litigation paralegal in California.

Knowledge of Microsoft Office software, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint; and Acrobat; Coyote; and Westlaw.

Advanced organizational skills that support work and case management efforts.

Superior grammar, editing and proofing skills.

Duties

• Summarize and index documents.
• Assist with identifying, collecting, analyzing, reviewing and producing electronic and paper documents in response to subpoenas and discovery requests.
• Perform document reviews for privilege as well as redaction of confidential information either manually or utilizing eDiscovery software.
• Upload/Download documents and create links using OneDrive, DropBox, or similar program.
• Work with databases such as Concordance and Relativity.
• Assist with trial preparation (trial binders, exhibits, etc.).
• Draft discovery and respond to discovery.
• Perform legal research and analysis.
• Check legal cites for proper format, content and standing.
• Prepare court filings, draft and issue subpoenas.
• Prepare California Public Records Act requests.