Litigation Paralegal: Drafting, Discovery & Case Management

Chartwell Law

Dallas (TX)

Hybrid

USD 52,000 - 82,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Job summary

Chartwell Law in Dallas, TX seeks a paralegal to provide critical support to attorneys across all phases of litigation and case management. The role emphasizes strong drafting skills, court-procedure familiarity, and high-volume caseload handling with precision.

The successful candidate will draft memoranda, pleadings, subpoenas, and discovery motions; organize records and invoices; and assist with mediation and trial preparation while supporting multiple attorneys.

Qualifications

  • Minimum 3 years of experience as a paralegal in a litigation environment.
  • Familiarity with state courts and e-filing procedures.
  • Experience drafting legal documents and managing billing processes.
  • Proficiency with Lexis Advance for legal research.

Responsibilities

  • Draft legal memoranda, pleadings, subpoenas, discovery demands and responses, correspondence, and discovery motions.
  • Organize, chart, and process incoming records and invoices.
  • Manage follow-up on outstanding records via phone, email, and mail.
  • Prepare answers and legal correspondence; support multiple attorneys.
  • Review documents for relevance and privilege; assist in mediation and trial preparation.
  • Retrieve and save documents using the firm’s document management system.

Skills

Legal drafting
Legal research
Case management
Planning & priority setting

Tools

Lexis Advance
Aderant Total Office (ATO)
NetDocs
Adobe
Microsoft Word/Outlook

Job description

Chartwell Law in Dallas, TX seeks a paralegal to provide critical support to attorneys across all phases of litigation and case management. The role emphasizes strong drafting skills, court-procedure familiarity, and high-volume caseload handling with precision.

The successful candidate will draft memoranda, pleadings, subpoenas, and discovery motions; organize records and invoices; and assist with mediation and trial preparation while supporting multiple attorneys.

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