Job Title: Litigation Paralegal

Location: Newport Beach, CA 92660

Salary/Payrate: $90K - $105K annually, discretionary bonus and AWESOME benefits!!!

Work Environment: Hybrid (2 days WFH after 60 day ramp up period)

Term: Permanent

Bachelor’s degree required: No

Referral Fee: AMS will pay $800 should the person you refer gets hired

JOB DESCRIPTION #LI-KG1

Our client offers both litigation and transactional services, with a focus on construction and insurance matters, and provides comprehensive representation across a wide range of practice areas, including business and real estate litigation, real estate and corporate transactions, labor and employment, land use, eminent domain, and environmental law.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

• Supports attorneys and other paralegals with reviewing, organizing and summarizing case materials, mail and other case related documents in multiple practice areas.
• Assists in preparing tender letters.
• Assists in the preparation of matrices and other charts and spreadsheets as needed.
• Reviews and summarizes discovery as needed.
• Creates, revises, and proofreads documents with high accuracy.
• Must be able to assist with mediation and trial preparation.
• Performs general case management and other duties as assigned. 
• Performs document management utilizing firm software to include
• Microsoft Office, extensive use in Word and Excel, and iManage
• Responsible for utilizing e-discovery platforms and tools to manage and support litigation processes.
• Performs legal research using Westlaw, the internet and various government agency sites.
• Maintains professionalism with potential exposure to clients and/or outside counsel.
• Keeps accurate time records for both billable and non-billable tasks.

Education and Professional Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree and ABA approved paralegal certificate required.
• Approximately 5-10 years of litigation experience preferred.
• Experience with construction defect, insurance defense and business litigation practice areas is preferred.
• Decent number of years of eDiscovery experience (with Relativity or DISCO is preferred).
• Comfortable with 1,550 billable hour goal
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills in English.