Paralegal

Summary

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani is a national law firm with offices in all 50 States, seeking an experienced Litigation Paralegal for their San Diego office. The role involves supporting attorneys in various litigation tasks, including drafting pleadings, managing case documents, and assisting in trial preparations.

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

Skills

• 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

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 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)

Nice to Haves

• Prior experience as a litigation-focused paralegal

Benefits

• Full benefits package, including Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401K
• PTO
• Disability
• Parental Leave
• Life Insurance