Communicate professionally, productively, and efficiently with clients, contacts, attorneys, other paralegals, and all other professional staff.
Provide support to attorneys with drafting pleadings, eFiling, conducting factual and legal research, document review/analysis, preparing productions, and preparing for hearings, depositions, and mediations.
Review, gather, and organize client documents from production to discovery.
Assist with preparing pleadings, discovery requests, and responses.
Provide general office support, maintain and organize files, scan/copy documents, maintain calendars, prepare expense reports, and coordinate internal/external meetings.
Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Prior experience in Civil Commercial Litigation.
Experience in litigation support, case management, and new matter intake process.
Familiarity with Louisiana State and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Experience in court eFiling for both state (eFile Louisiana) and federal jurisdictions.
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 with Summation Pro, Relativity or comparable eDiscovery litigation support software is a plus.
Experience with ESI (Electronically Stored Information) is a plus.
Excellent analytical and written communication skills.
Strong attention to detail, organizational and technical skills.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).