Benesch Law · 3 months ago
Litigation Paralegal
Cleveland, OH
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$110K/yr - $142K/yr
7+ years expBenesch Law is a top-ranked firm recognized for its commitment to both clients and employees. The Litigation Paralegal will support attorneys in managing complex litigation matters, prepare for trials, and coordinate discovery processes.
Law Practice
Responsibilities
Drafts, reviews and/or analyzes routine legal documents as requested by attorneys
Manage large-scale discovery and e-discovery matters, including document preservation, collection and production
Provides hands-on operational litigation technology support, including but not limited to projects such as database creation and maintenance; importing images into databases; searching data; exporting data; reformatting and converting data; designing forms and reports; e-discovery processes; scanning, OCR and coding use
Organizes and maintains case files using a variety of automated procedures
Assists with preparing attorneys and witnesses for depositions and court appearances, including without limitation by assembling case files and evidence
Prepares for trials in state and federal court, including managing trial support, creating and overseeing trial exhibits, setting up war rooms and attending trial to assist with presenting evidence, and traveling as needed
Reviews and summarizes depositions
Manages and assists with finalizing witness affidavits
Reviews documents for privilege and drafts privilege logs for attorney review
Performs legal and factual research
Interacts with outside entities (i.e., courts, government agencies, expert witnesses, corporations, vendors and other law firms) to gather information or coordinate activities as needed in support of firm activities, specifically trials and arbitrations
Acts as the liaison between case team attorneys and support staff as needed to ensure that case-specific paralegal services are meeting the team's expectations
Meet billable goals as established by practice management
May require overtime as needed
Performs additional office support duties as assigned/requested
Qualification
Required
Paralegals should preferably hold a valid Paralegal certification
seven to ten years of litigation experience in an AmLaw 150 firm or specialist litigation practice area
Experience with all stages of litigation, including intake, discovery and trial, in addition to preparing for and attending trials/arbitration hearings
Must have solid time management and organizational skills
high level of accuracy and attention to detail
self-motivated and pro-active
excellent customer service attitude
Must be available for overtime work and travel as needed
Preferred
Experience with Opus 2
TextMap
CaseMap
iManage (or comparable DMS)
Everlaw
Trial Director
MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Benefits
Full-time positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and a comprehensive benefits package.
Company
Benesch Law
Benesch is an Am Law 200 business law firm and limited liability partnership with offices in Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, New York, San Francisco and Wilmington.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Adam Primm
Partner
Adam Saurwein
Partner
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