Paralegal

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, a national law firm with offices in all 50 States, has an immediate opening for an experienced Litigation Paralegal in its Carlsbad office. The role involves supporting attorneys with legal research, document preparation, and trial preparation, while also managing communications with clients and professional staff.

Responsibilities

• Communicate professionally, productively, and efficiently with clients, contacts, attorneys, other paralegals, and all other professional staff
• Assist attorneys in drafting pleadings, performing factual and legal research, reviewing, and analyzing documents, and supporting preparations for hearings, depositions, and mediations
• Review, gather, and organize client documents from production to discovery
• Research, organize, and summarize records as needed to assist in data gathering, including organizing information and documents in databases
• Assist with preparing discovery requests and responses
• Assist in trial preparation, including drafting pre-trial pleadings, preparing exhibits, coordinating witnesses and requests with outside vendors, and live trial support
• Other duties as assigned

Preferred

• Prior experience as a litigation-focused paralegal
• Litigation experience
• Paralegal experience

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401K
• PTO
• Disability
• Parental Leave
• Life Insurance

Company

• Nationwide full-service law firm for litigation and business transactions
• San Francisco, California, USA
• https://www.grsm.com/
• Founded in 1974
• 1001-5000 employees

Qualifications

• Experience in litigation support and case management
• Ability to adapt to changes in work environment and manage multiple cases, remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful, and efficient, with a high level of professionalism
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team
• Experience drafting and organizing discovery – both written discovery and document production
• Experience preparing for and assisting at trial
• Familiarity with the State and Federal Rules of Civil Procedures
• Experience with Summation Pro, Relativity, or comparable litigation support software
• Excellent analytical and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail, organizational and technical skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Prior experience as a litigation-focused paralegal

Required skills

• , Litigation support, Case management, Drafting discovery, Document production, Trial preparation, State Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Summation Pro, Relativity, Microsoft PowerPoint

Preferred skills

• Prior experience as a litigation-focused paralegal