Product Liability Paralegal

Paralegal Position

Mid-sized firm seeking a highly motivated, experienced paralegal to provide support for all levels of attorneys in our Product Liability practice area.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Managing the lifecycle of active matters/cases and monitoring case progress.
• Timely ordering, following up, ensuring receipt, and summarizing of medical, employment, academic, tax, and insurance company records.
• Preparing general motions, pleadings, subpoenas, and other documents as requested.
• Assisting with the response to discovery requests.
• Assisting with document reviews on eDiscovery platforms.
• Organizing factual data in multi-district litigation.
• Deposition and trial preparation by way of:
• Summarizing fact and expert witness depositions,
• Identifying, compiling, researching, and analyzing information prior to preparing reports and exhibits,
• Preparing case files, binders, summaries, and other paper/electronic case materials such as witness binders, pre-trial binders, and compilation of trial exhibits,
• Coordinating and preparing witnesses (fact and expert) for testimony at trial and depositions.
• Electronic filing of pleadings such as Appearances, Answers, and all pretrial and dispositive Motions in state and federal courts.
• Logging and entering in billable time to Prolaw billing system.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:

• At least 5 years' experience supporting attorneys in complex litigation areas such as products liability, class actions, multi-district litigation, commercial litigation, and personal injury.
• Paralegal Certificate preferred.
• Experience with county, state, and federal courts, including knowledge of CM/ECF filing.
• Strong attention to detail in all work.
• Ability to manage multiple files and to prioritize workloads to effectively meet all deadlines.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to interact professionally with all levels of management, staff, and clients.
• Forward thinking, organized, and a team player.
• Ability to independently solve problems and exercise sound judgment with minimal direction.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products – Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Experience with litigation technology applications such as eDiscovery Point, Case Notebook, and Relativity.
• Experience with iManage and Prolaw a plus.

Promoting individuality and supporting diversification. We foster a work environment comprised of legal professionals with varied skills, lifestyles, and opinions.

Benefits: Collegial work environment with competitive salary and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, life and long-term disability insurance, and a 401(k) program.