Paralegal

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401K

PTO

Disability Insurance

Parental Leave

Life Insurance

Job summary

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP in Oklahoma City seeks an experienced Litigation Paralegal to support a busy civil litigation practice. The role requires paralegal experience, familiarity with state and federal rules, e-filing, and strong organizational skills.

The ideal candidate will handle discovery, document review, trial preparation, and collaborates with attorneys and staff to keep matters efficiently moving toward hearings and trials. Full-time with benefits.

Qualifications

• Prior experience in Civil Commercial Litigation.

Responsibilities

• Draft pleadings and briefs, eFiling, research, document review and production.
• Review, gather, and organize client documents from production to discovery.
• Assist with pleadings, discovery requests/responses, and hearings preparation.
• Coordinate with staff and attorneys, manage calendars and meetings.

Skills

Civil Commercial Litigation

Litigation support

Case management

Familiarity with Oklahoma Rules

Independent and collaborative work

Attention to detail

MS Office

Written communication

Tools

Summation Pro

Relativity

eDiscovery software

eFiling - OK/CM‑ECF

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 Oklahoma City office. Qualified candidates must have paralegal experience, preferably in a large law firm setting. This is a full-time position.

Qualifications:

• Prior experience in Civil Commercial Litigation.
• Experience in litigation support, case management, and new matter intake process.
• Familiarity with Oklahoma State and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
• Experience in court eFiling for both state (eFile Oklahoma) and federal jurisdictions (CM/ECF).
• 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.
• Experience with ESI (Electronically Stored Information) 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 and briefs (including TOAs and TOCs), eFiling, conducting factual and legal research, document review/analysis, preparing productions, and preparing for hearings, depositions, mediations and trials.
• Review, gather, and organize client documents from production to discovery.
• Assist with preparing pleadings, briefs, discovery requests, and responses.
• Work with administrative staff to 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.

No recruiter emails or telephone calls.