Client Name: Ogletree Deakins
Job Title: Litigation Paralegal
Location: Seattle, WA 98101
Salary/Payrate: $90K - $110K, outstanding bonus + AWESOME benefits!!!
Work Environment: 2 days WFH
Term: Permanent / Fulltime
Bachelor’s degree required: PREFERRED
Referral Fee: AMS will pay $500 should the person you refer gets hired
JOB DESCRIPTION #LI-PN1
Our client has an exciting full-time opportunity for a Paralegal to join its growing office. Researches law, investigates facts, and prepares documents to assist attorneys. Independently researches and analyzes law sources such as statutes, recorded judicial decisions, legal articles, treaties, constitutions, and legal codes to prepare legal documents, such as briefs, pleadings, appeals for review, approval, and use by attorney.
This role does not require travel and offers a hybrid work schedule after a preliminary period. Our office is collegial and professional with a commitment to mutual respect in the workplace. We make career development a priority and provide access to expansive professional development training programs.
Essential Functions
- Researches law, investigates facts, and independently prepares documents to assist attorneys with matters
- Summarizes complex legal documents
- Organizes and indexes case files
- Determines and calendars deadlines
- Performs wide variety of legal research and data compilation with little or no supervision
- Files pleadings with court clerk
- Prepares reports, correspondence, declarations and complaints
- Drafts a variety of legal documents
- Prepares affidavits or documents and maintains document file
- Prepares for mediations and trials
- Assists Attorneys at trial
- Assists Attorney in preparation for depositions
- Communicates with witnesses and experts
- Scheduling
- Enters billing and expense data into Firm system in a timely manner
Requirements
- Paralegal certification / degree from accredited college or university
- 4+ years of paralegal experience, working in a labor/employment litigation practice is plus, or class act, or civil litigation
- Proficient in all Microsoft applications, including but not limited to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook; Lexis-Nexis and WestLaw, Live Note, Concordance, Case Map, Docketing, Document Management System, expense and billing systems