Senior Paralegal (San Francisco)

Consultative Search Group; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

O’Melveny seeks a Senior Paralegal for its San Francisco office to support complex litigation and trial preparation. The candidate will serve as a subject-matter expert, oversee discovery, coordinate filings, and manage large case files with minimal supervision.

Strong research and document-review skills, plus the ability to mentor junior staff, are essential. Ideal applicants have 12–15+ years of experience, proficiency with Relativity and Opus 2, and a ABA-approved paralegal certificate.

Qualifications

• 12-15+ years of traditional litigation paralegal experience.
• Extensive in-person trial support is required.
• Proficiency in legal research databases and case-file management.
• Strong MS Office skills; familiarity with PDF manipulation and document review.

Responsibilities

• Support all stages of complex litigation matters with minimal oversight.
• Oversee discovery, witness interviews, and document productions.
• Maintain electronic case files and organize exhibits and trial notebooks.
• Coordinate court and agency filings and trial preparation activities.
• Conduct factual and legal research to support attorneys’ work.
• Provide guidance to junior paralegals and project assistants.
• Record time accurately and manage overtime and travel as needed.

Skills

Trial support

Legal research

Microsoft Office

Adobe PDF

Relativity

Opus 2

Education

Bachelor's degree (preferred)

Paralegal certificate from ABA-approved program

Tools

Relativity

Opus 2

AI tools

Job description

O’Melveny has an immediate opening for a Senior Paralegal in our San Francisco office.

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 organizes electronic case files to ensure case 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, e.g., Relativity, Opus2.
• Performs complex cite checking and provides 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 facilitates work coordination for project assistants.
• Accurately records time worked on a daily basis.
• Assist with other department activities as needed and performs additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

• 12-15 or more years’ experience performing traditional litigation paralegal functions.
• Extensive in-person trial support and experience is required.
• Proficient with computerized legal research and document retention databases for performing fact and legal research and effective management of complex evidence and case files.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite applications including Outlook, Excel, and Word.
• Advanced familiarity with manipulating pdf files in Adobe.
• Masters Relativity, Opus 2, 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.
• The ability to work overtime and travel as needed is also required.
• 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.

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