Senior Litigation Paralegal – Financial Services

Ediscovery; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Comprehensive benefits program

Job summary

State Street seeks an experienced litigation paralegal to support litigation, investigations, discovery, and related operations across the company. You will work closely with Litigation Team attorneys and collaborate with business personnel, outside counsel, and other stakeholders on a broad range of matters affecting State Street's businesses and functions.

The successful candidate will bring strong litigation experience, sound judgment, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Paralegal certification preferred, or substantial relevant litigation paralegal experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior paralegal and litigation operations support to the Litigation Team on matters affecting business units and functions across State Street.
• Manage the intake, tracking, and appropriate routing of legal process and other formal legal requests received by State Street, including complaints, subpoenas, court orders, and regulatory requests.
• Coordinate responses to subpoenas, discovery requests, and other legal demands, including the identification, preservation, collection, review, and production of documents and electronically stored information (ESI).
• Coordinate litigation holds and other preservation activities, including custodian identification, issuance and tracking of legal hold notices, and coordination with relevant business, technology, records-management, and other personnel.
• Maintain accurate litigation matter information and track significant developments, deadlines, case status, and other key information.
• Assist in the preparation of periodic litigation reports, management presentations, and other reporting for senior management and the General Counsel.
• Support internal investigations and responses to regulatory and governmental inquiries, including document collection, information management, factual research, and coordination among relevant stakeholders.
• Partner with Litigation Team attorneys, business personnel, outside counsel, and third-party service providers in connection with litigation, investigations, discovery, and related matters.
• Conduct legal and factual research as needed in support of litigation and investigations.
• Support the development and maintenance of litigation-related policies, procedures, training materials, and continuing legal education programs for the Legal Division and business personnel.
• Identify opportunities to improve litigation processes, information management, reporting, and the effective use of technology.
• Support other litigation, investigation, and legal operations initiatives as needed.

Skills

Organizational skills

Time management

Written and verbal communication

Legal research

Microsoft 365

Judgment & discretion

Education

Bachelor's degree

Paralegal certification preferred

Tools

eDiscovery

Matter management

Document management

Legal research tools

AI & automation tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

State Street seeks an experienced litigation paralegal to support litigation, investigations, discovery, and related operations across the company. You will work closely with Litigation Team attorneys and collaborate with business personnel, outside counsel, and other stakeholders on a broad range of matters affecting State Street's businesses and functions.

The successful candidate will bring strong litigation experience, sound judgment, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to