Senior Paralegal

O'Melveny & Myers LLP; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent salary and benefits package

Job summary

O'Melveny & Myers LLP is seeking a Senior Paralegal for its San Francisco office. The role involves supporting all stages of complex legal matters, including trials and investigations. The ideal candidate will have 12–15 years of experience, proficiency in legal research tools like Relativity, and a paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program.

Strong organizational and communication skills are essential, and the position offers a competitive salary between $110,000 and $180,000, depending on experience.

Qualifications

• 12–15 years of experience in litigation paralegal functions.
• Extensive trial support experience.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Support all stages of complex legal matters.
• Oversee all phases of discovery.
• Coordinate trial preparation and filing.

Skills

Litigation support

Legal research

Document retention databases

Microsoft Office

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program

Tools

Relativity

Opus2

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

Senior Paralegal – San Francisco Office

Salary range in California: $110,000 – $180,000. Actual compensation will depend on experience, qualifications, and location.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Support all stages of complex legal matters with minimal oversight, including trials, investigations, and advanced case tasks.
• Serve as subject‑matter expert in specialty law areas.
• Oversee all phases of discovery, including fact gathering and analysis of documents, document productions, and preparing for depositions and witness interviews.
• Maintain and organize electronic case files to ensure documents are easily and promptly accessible to all team members.
• Coordinate court and agency filings, including assembling motion papers and exhibits, coordinating filings of pleadings and briefs, and ensuring proper service.
• Coordinate and manage trial preparation, including creating trial notebooks, identifying and organizing exhibits, coordinating witness schedules, maintaining trial calendars, and communicating with opposing counsel and courtroom staff.
• Coordinate, review, and maintain project status tracking charts for matters, including any tasks and deliverable requirements.
• Conduct factual and legal research to support attorney projects.
• Manage and perform document searches, review, and analysis through various platforms such as Relativity and Opus2.
• Perform complex cite checking and provide guidance to other team members in citation review.
• Proofread briefs and other legal documents.
• Communicate with clients, witnesses, and other outside parties as requested or approved by attorneys.
• Provide guidance, training, and facilitate work coordination for project assistants.
• Accurately record time worked on a daily basis.
• Assist with other department activities as needed and perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• 12–15 or more years of experience performing traditional litigation paralegal functions.
• Extensive in‑person trial support experience.
• Proficient with computerized legal research and document retention databases for performing fact and legal research and managing complex evidence and case files.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite applications including Outlook, Excel, and Word.
• Advanced familiarity with manipulating PDF files in Adobe.
• Mastery of Relativity, Opus2, AI, and other legal tools.
• Excellent organizational and written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with attorneys, paralegals, and business professionals.
• Experience providing guidance and support to junior paralegals and project assistants.
• Ability to work overtime and travel as needed.
• A bachelor’s degree is preferred.
• A paralegal certificate from an ABA‑approved program is required.
• Experience in the Intellectual Technology and Property field is preferred.

We offer an excellent salary and benefits package.

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