Litigation Paralegal POST NUMBER: 444813
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Salary/Wage Range: $85,000 - $110,000 annually. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for merit-based raises and benefits such as healthcare, retirement plans, and paid time off.
Overview:
We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Litigation Paralegal with at least five years of experience in a law firm setting. The ideal candidate will possess a comprehensive understanding of the litigation process, from start to finish, with trial experience strongly preferred.
As a Litigation Paralegal, you will collaborate closely with attorneys, managing a wide range of substantive tasks.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Overseeing case files, monitoring critical court deadlines, and ensuring all filings are timely and accurate.
- Electronically filing documents through the ECF system, conducting PACER research, and drafting pleadings, notices, and motions.
- Prepare and manage deposition materials, exhibits, and summaries, while tracking discovery and document productions.
- serve as a liaison with courts, outside counsel, experts, and clients, handling key correspondence and assisting with trial preparation and strategy meetings.
Skills/Qualifications Needed:
- A deep understanding of the litigation lifecycle, from initial filings through trial, is essential.
- Strong organizational skills, along with the ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment, will be crucial to your success.
- Experience with electronic court filings, PACER research, and drafting legal documents is required.
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and adept at critical thinking.
- Excel at managing multiple priorities, meeting deadlines, and taking full ownership of your projects and responsibilities.
- Proactive mindset, you anticipate challenges, solve problems efficiently, and collaborate seamlessly as a true team player.
- Technologically savvy, quick to adapt to new software, and leverage your paralegal expertise to enhance teamwork, client service, and overall efficiency.
- 2 or 4-year degree and a paralegal certificate are preferred, though relevant work experience may be considered in place of formal education.
- Proficiency in legal research using tools such as Westlaw and other online resources is essential.
- The role may require occasional travel for trial support, and flexibility to work overtime when necessary to meet business demands.
Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
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Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.