Job Title: Litigation Paralegal

Location: Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Salary/Payrate: 70-80K

Work Environment: 100% ONSITE

Term: Full-time, direct hire

Bachelor’s Degree required: NO

Referral Fee: AMS will pay $500 should the person you refer gets hired

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Litigation Paralegal works closely with attorneys on a full spectrum of clients within the general litigation and ERISA practice groups. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• The building and construction industry exemption.
• Transactions to evade or avoid withdrawal liability.
• Successor, alter ego, and single-employer liability.
• Partial withdrawals (70% declines, bargaining outs, facility takeouts).
• Calculation of withdrawal liability.
• Controlled group liability.
• Interplay between ERISA and Bankruptcy Code.
• Enforcement of "pay now, dispute later" rule.
• Laches.
• Recover delinquent contributions from active employers.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• High school or equivalent.
• Three (3) or more years of experience working as a Paralegal in a related area of law.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, with the ability to create, edit, and format complex documents and spreadsheets.
• Strong proficiency in Docusign and Adobe.
• Active Notary is beneficial
• Experience with an electronic document management system like iManage.
• Experience with a billing and timekeeping software like Aderant.
• Experience with Relativity, CaseMap, TrialMap, or Trial Director.
• Experience with billable hours expectation.
• Federal court experience.
• Experience with clients in trades like Boilermaker, Ironworkers, and Steelworkers.
• Experience supporting practices that deal with withdrawal liability, delinquent benefit contributions, fiduciary claims, asset and stock sales, employment Law, ERISA matters.