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What they do
A Paralegal or Legal Assistant assists attorneys and law offices with a variety of tasks ranging from administrative support to legal research and writing. Maintains and organizes files or file databases. Conducts legal or other background research, assists with preparation for trials or hearings, and drafts documents to be filed. Uses software for electronic discovery of materials such as email for a trial. May specialize in a particular area of the law such as corporate or criminal law, family law or real estate law.
$62,161 / year median in Florida
+14% projected growth
Job Description
- Able to interact with all levels of legal staff and personnel, including management and support staff
- Team-oriented and able to work in a multi-office environment
- Excellent attention to detail and able to follow up and follow through
- Quick learner, tech savvy, strong organizational, writing and communications skills. Duties
- Perform daily case management duties, including maintaining and organizing case correspondence, pleadings, discovery, expert materials, and client documents;
- Assist with deposition, hearing, and trial preparation;
- Assist with e-discovery;
- Collaborate with internal resources and external vendors to prepare and serve document productions and logs;
- Prepare and organize exhibits to motions, pleadings, reports, correspondence, etc.;
- Process and track medical record/employment/social security/FOIA requests;
- Prepare medical chronologies;
- Electronic filing with state and federal courts;
- Prepare trial exhibits;
- Handle additional projects as assigned.
Qualifications :
- Fundamental to advanced knowledge of relevant jurisdictional/court/agency processes and procedures, including knowledge of Federal and State court practices, local rules, and deadlines.
- Highly proficient computer skills, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Fundamental proficiency with Relativity or other similar E-discovery review platforms as well as FTP and Fileshare platforms.
- Fundamental proficiency in Lexis Nexis/Westlaw and other internet search resources
- Minimum 5 to 7 years of litigation paralegal experience.
- Bachelor's degree or paralegal certificate required.