Litigation Paralegal

Pay: $25.08/hour

In this role you will:

• Serve as a contact for the Litigation Team, answering phones, scheduling attorney meetings and other logistical arrangements and handling any litigation-related mail.
• Serve as a resource and screener for legal/litigation issues and questions arising and when necessary, directs legal issues to the appropriate resources within the Legal Division.
• Serve as a principal Litigation Team contact with outside counsel for matters in litigation or pre-litigation.
• Responsible for creation and maintenance of Litigation Team files in case management system, including directing intake of new matters, opening files in case management system, tracking down additional information needed by attorneys to process requests for legal assistance, maintenance of any paper working files as needed and uploading/organizing pleadings/notices/discovery /correspondence/etc. in each matter in the case management system.
• Responsible for paralegal functions including drafting, editing and finalizing simple pleadings, correspondence, and other various legal documents requested by the attorneys.
• Locate and gather information and documents responsive to discovery requests for review by attorneys and outside counsel.
• Manage, respond to and track tort claim notices for the Litigation Team.
• Assist attorneys in follow-up and tracking status of litigation, discovery, non-party requests for production, including assisting with gathering signatures and reviewing documents to be disclosed depending on responsiveness and confidentiality.
• File and document organization and retention in accordance with Legal Division guidance.
• Review online court dockets for all litigation of the Team.
• Evaluate all new online court docket entries, uploading and distributing to our Team recent pleadings and court orders.
• Calendar all new critical dates for all litigation of the Team, providing notice to our Team attorneys.
• File/serve documents and pleadings.
• Update the Team’s case management system with information/deadlines.