Paralegal - Liability & Excess Coverage

Clyde & Co is a leading global law firm, helping organizations successfully navigate risk and maximize opportunity in the sectors that underpin global trade and commercial activity and enable global prosperity, namely: insurance, aviation, marine, construction, energy, trade and natural resources. Globally integrated, Clyde & Co offers a comprehensive range of contentious and non-contentious legal services and commercially minded legal advice to businesses operating across the world. It is committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves and provides an environment in which everyone can realize their potential; using its legal and professional skills to support its communities through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships; and minimizing the impact it has on the environment including through a commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets. The firm has 490 partners, 2400 lawyers, 3200 legal professionals and 5500 people overall in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. For more information please visit www.clydeco.com.

The Firm's New Jersey office seeks a Paralegal to provide full spectrum assistance to the international risk and reinsurance team. This practice represents US and foreign insurers in complex, high value, high profile coverage litigations and arbitrations.

Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

· Assisting in document review and organization

· Preparation of privilege logs

· Fact research

· Assisting with depositions

· Digesting deposition transcripts

· Cite checking, (blue booking), shepardizing, fact checking, exhibit preparation, and proof-reading of briefs, court filings, and other documents

· Case maintenance (organization of files such as correspondence, pleadings, discovery, etc.)

· Reviewing court dockets (both electronically and in person)

· Document and presentation preparation (utilizing Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat, Nuance, and other software)

· Assisting with witness interviews and communications

· Calendar maintenance

· Administrative work including billing, correspondence, reporting to clients, answering incoming calls, and taking messages

Qualifications

· Outstanding academic credentials

· Strong written and communication skills

· Intellectual curiosity

· Well-developed organization and time management skills

· Initiative

· Focus on objectives

· Ability to handle a fast-paced environment

· Willing and able to learn new software

We offer a rewarding work environment that supports professional growth and opportunities. We value diversity in our work place and it is the policy of the Firm to recruit, hire, promote, reassign, compensate and train highly qualified persons without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable law. CLYDE & CO PRIVACY NOTICE: https://www.clydeco.com/help/privacy

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When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 490 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.    

We offer a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning and wellbeing initiatives.

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our core values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity.
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