Maritime Paralegal

Duties and Responsibilities:

 Managing document productions;

• Communicating with clients to obtain case-related information and documents;
• Coordinating depositions, mediations, and client/witness meetings;
• Obtaining medical records, employment, education, and other kinds of documents, bills, and affidavits;
• Preparing medical-record chronologies and billing summaries;
• Coordinating and communicating with expert witnesses;
• Preparing document-production logs, deposition summaries, and other discovery summaries;
• Drafting standard discovery requests, objections, and responses;
• Organizing and maintaining files through the litigation process;
• Basic research projects;
• Preparing deposition, mediation, and trial notebooks; and
• Assisting with trial preparation and trial.

 

Qualifications and Skills:

 A paralegal certificate or degree preferred and/or 3 to 5 years’ experience in the field. 

• Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints, with a high degree of attention to detail.
• Strong business writing skills, with the ability to prepare documents and proofread for context, grammar, and typographical or spelling errors.
• Interpersonal skills necessary to communicate effectively in person, in writing, and by telephone.  
• Advanced level of proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and Adobe Acrobat, and the ability to quickly become proficient with new technology.
• Experience with Trial Director and other trial-presentation software is a plus.
• Experience with Relativity, Disco (or other e-discovery review platforms) is also a plus.