Maritime Paralegal

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Maritime Paralegal
the candidate will be managing document productions. Communicating with clients to obtain case-related information and documents. Coordinating depositions, mediations, and client/witness meetings. Obtaining medical records, employment, education, and other kinds of documents, bills, and affidavits. Preparing medical-record chronologies and billing summaries. Coordinating and communicating with expert witnesses. Preparing document-production logs, deposition summaries, and other discovery summaries. Drafting standard discovery requests, objections, and responses. Organizing and maintaining files through the litigation process. Basic research projects. Preparing deposition, mediation, and trial notebooks. Assisting with trial preparation and trial. Should have a paralegal certificate or degree preferred and/or 3-5 years of experience in the field. Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints, with a high degree of attention to detail. Strong business writing skills, with the ability to prepare documents and proofread for context, grammar, and typographical or spelling errors. Interpersonal skills are necessary to communicate effectively in person, in writing, and by telephone. Advanced level of proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and Adobe Acrobat, and the ability to quickly become proficient with new technology. Experience with Trial Director and other trial-presentation software is a plus. Experience with Relativity, Disco (or other e-discovery review platforms) is also a plus.

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