Legal Assistant - Litigation Paralegal

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Compensation
Base to $80,000,
paid overtime, Bonus, 100% Paid Medical, Dental and Vision benefits, generous vacation and sick/personal days, paid holidays, 401K, and more!
Location
New York, NY - Midtown Manhattan
The Organization
National Law Firm - With diverse clients including entertainment
Key Responsibilities
Draft and proofread correspondence, court papers and other legal and non-legal documents.
Prepare documents and materials for trial and arbitration.
Assist professionals with high complex litigation and bankruptcy
Coordinate and manage calendar and deadlines, business and client meetings, conference calls, appointments, travel and personal matters.
Enter and track expenses and complete travel expense reports.
Prepare files and packets for partners in related cases.
Prepare and organize produced and privileged documents with bates numbers.
Assisting with projects including preparation of Court bundles.
Prepare legal articles and memorandums regarding recent reported law decisions.
Analyzing, researching, and summarizing legal information.
Filing cases and other documents on the docket through PACER/ECF.
Interview and advise clients and witnesses.
Directly interacting with legal and compliance professionals.
Review documents regarding incoming and outgoing production and discovery.
Answer and screen calls, field inquiries, relay messages and track all communication with clients, opposing counsel and internal team.
Manage all case files and communications from inception through trial and/or settlement.
Perform document production and review including but not limited to organizing documents, creating and maintaining privilege logs and performing bates-stamping, redaction, duplication and indexing of documents.
Assemble and collate exhibits and legal documents to assist with preparation of motions.
Assist with trial preparation, including, organizing and preparing trial exhibits, trial notebooks and binders; scheduling, coordinating and communicating with clients, experts and fact witnesses.
Required Skills
3 years of litigation
legal assistant experience in a law firm
Strong proofreading, editing and formatting skills; ability to create TOC/TOAs and conduct document comparisons
Skilled with time entry, calendar and case management, expense reporting, docketing, trial preparation, legal research, travel coordination and client service
Ability to cite-check, including bluebooking and shepardizing
Prior experience working with at least one of the following litigation case management and e-discovery software: Summation, Concordance, Worldox, Kroll, Relativity, Clearwell etc.
Proficiency using MS Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint; Adobe; DeltaView; Westlaw, LexisNexis and PACER

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