Paralegal

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 48,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K

Job summary

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP in Oklahoma City is seeking an experienced Litigation Paralegal for a full-time role. Candidates should have paralegal experience, preferably in a large law firm setting, with a focus on civil commercial litigation and strong eFiling capabilities in state and federal courts.

The position requires independent, as well as collaborative, work within a busy litigation team. The role involves drafting pleadings, briefs, and discovery, conducting factual and legal

Qualifications

• Experience in Civil Commercial Litigation in a large law firm is preferred.
• Proficient in litigation support, case management, and new matter intake.
• Familiarity with Oklahoma State and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
• Experience with eFiling for state and federal courts (CM/ECF).
• Ability to manage multiple cases with professionalism and organization.
• Drafting and organizing discovery and document production.
• Experience with eDiscovery software is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Communicate professionally with clients, attorneys, paralegals, and staff.
• Assist attorneys with drafting pleadings, briefs, eFiling, and research.
• Review, gather, and organize client documents for discovery.
• Prepare pleadings, briefs, discovery requests, and responses.
• Support office operations: calendars, expense reports, and meeting coordination.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Civil litigation experience

Litigation support

Case management

eFiling (state & federal)

Discovery drafting

Research skills

MS Office proficiency

eDiscovery software familiarity

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 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.