Healthcare Litigation Paralegal

Healthcare Litigation Paralegal

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney is a national law firm with a proven reputation for providing progressive, industry-leading legal, business, regulatory and government relations advice to our regional, national and international clients. 

We are currently searching for a Healthcare Litigation Paralegal for our Princeton, NJ office.   

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Knowledge of all civil procedure and local rules, especially, in New Jersey and Pennsylvania state court and federal court.
• Prepare and conform pleadings and discovery, including discovery responses, subpoenas, deposition notices, and objections to discovery.
• Prepare discovery meet and confer communications, and track such communications.
• Provide litigation support to heavy law and motion practice and electronic court filings. 
• Prepare for depositions and witness interviews, and prepare deposition summaries.
• Monitor case deadlines and attorney coverage.
• Organize and manage the case, including expansive document sets and document productions.  
• Review case records and prepare chronologies, including case chronologies and/or medical chronologies.
• Maintain an orderly work flow in your area of responsibility.
• Communicate effectively in team meetings, by phone and by email within and across the practice groups, including with lawyers on the east and west coast.

Required Education/Preferred Experience:

• Bachelor's degree and paralegal certificate preferred.
• At least 3 years’ paralegal experience with commercial litigation and/or healthcare litigation.
• Proficiency in understanding and researching federal, New Jersey and Pennsylvania court Rules of Civil Procedure and Court rules. 
• Substantial document management and e-discovery experience, including use of Relativity and other litigation support applications.
• Experience with preparing case chronologies and digests of medical records.
• Ability to work independently and inter-dependently in a fast-paced team-oriented environment, take direction well, and fulfill his/her role on the team.  
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to multitask, to be analytical and detail oriented.
• Proven work ethic, dependable and reliable.
• Good verbal and written communication English language skills.  
• Ability to work overtime if/when required (regular work hours 37.5 per week).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of applications, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Why should you work at Buchanan?

Our Firm offers outstanding benefits that include:

• Hybrid work schedules
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays, including a floating holiday
• WorkWell wellness program, including free use of the Calm App
• Caregiving assistance with Bright Horizons (child, elder, and pet care!)
• Access to our Firm-wide emergency assistance fund
• Free full access to LinkedIn Learning
• Insurance – Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401K Program
• Retirement Savings Program

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.