Litigation Paralegal I or II

Entergy; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy in New Orleans, LA seeks a Paralegal I or II to support litigation matters across the office. You will draft and revise court documents, manage discovery, and prepare deposition materials while coordinating with attorneys and external partners.

Responsibilities include heavy calendar management, document control, and legal research using Westlaw and LexisNexis. Strong organization, accuracy, and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Paralegal degree/certificate and/or bachelor's degree.
• Paralegal I: 0-5 years of work experience; Paralegal II: 5 years of work experience.
• Preferred: at least two years' experience at a law firm.

Responsibilities

• Draft and revise letters, pleadings, subpoenas, deposition notices, and court-ordered documents.
• Draft, review, analyze, and revise routine legal documents and subpoenas.
• Manage and work on discovery, including interrogatories and requests for production.
• Perform litigation case management: calendars, notebooks, binders.
• Coordinate with courts, agencies, witnesses, and external firms.
• Schedule depositions, arrange court reporters, and summarize depositions.
• Provide administrative support: scheduling, calls, mail, travel.
• Maintain attorney calendars and deadlines; update charts and reports.
• Input and manage electronic documents; proofread and edit.

Skills

Litigation support

Oral and written communication

Multi-tasking

Attention to detail

Research

Education

Paralegal certificate

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Westlaw

LexisNexis

Adobe Acrobat

Microsoft Office

Job description

This position will be filled as a Paralegal I or II depending on the candidate's qualifications and experience.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Draft and revise letters, pleadings, subpoenas, deposition notices, and court-ordered documents, including initial disclosures, witness lists, exhibit lists, preliminary reports, status reports, scheduling orders, pre-trial orders, etc.
• Draft, review and/or analyze, and revise routine legal documents as requested by attorneys, such as preparation of deposition summaries, preparation of chronologies (medical and otherwise), preparation of witness files, and review of testimony for relevance to specific facts or issues, preparation of subpoenas, etc.
• Manage and work on discovery, including investigation, organizing and preparing interrogatories, requests for production, and discovery responses
• Perform all elements of litigation case management, including file management, case calendaring, discovery and trial activities, preparing and organizing notebooks and binders
• Interact with outside entities (e.g. courts, government agencies, expert witnesses, corporations, vendors and other law firms) and internal clients to gather information or coordinate activities as needed in support of office activities, specifically trials, mediations, arbitrations and appeals
• Schedule witness interviews and depositions; gather documents and assist in preparation for same; arrange court reporters for deposition; summarize depositions
• Administrative support, including scheduling meetings, handling attorney calls, handling incoming and outgoing mail, making travel arrangements, handling attorney calls
• Manage attorney calendar for litigation, advice of upcoming deadlines, etc, schedule deadlines from court scheduling orders, update case chart, trial chart and other reports
• Manage and prioritize a variety of calls and meetings
• Review, organize and upkeep physical and electronic records and files
• Prepare and track legal hold letters
• Factual and legal research
• Investigate and assemble facts and other data for legal matters
• Perform legal research on Westlaw or in other reference materials and perform other necessary factual research on internet, etc.
• Input, retrieve and manage electronic documents on the department drives as well as in software programs
• Proofread and edit documents
• Summarize, where necessary, voluminous records
• Analyze & compile data in form required by attorneys (e.g., charts, etc.)
• Become knowledgeable about issues in, and contents of, all litigation and other files assigned
• Draft status reports relating to litigation matters; maintain up to date information relating to such matters
• Participate in storm restoration training and efforts

Minimum Requirements

• Paralegal degree/certificate and/or bachelor's degree
• Paralegal I: 0-5 years of work experience
• Paralegal II: 5 years of work experience
• Preferred: at least of two years' experience at a law firm

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience with all stages of litigation, including intake, discovery, trial and appeal
• Experience preparing for and attending trials/arbitrations/hearings
• Experience coordinating trial/arbitration logistics
• Experience with court and administrative agency filings
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
• Experience using e-discovery databases (Summation, etc.) preferred
• Experience using litigation support software (Trial Director, etc.) preferred
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to multi-task
• Ability to work quickly and accurately under deadlines/pressure
• Strong sense of accountability and attention to detail
• Proficiency using LexisNexis, Westlaw, and Adobe Acrobat