Litigation Paralegal

Essential Functions: Manage all aspects of civil litigation cases, including proactive tracking of case progress and strict attention to deadlines. Draft initial versions of a variety of pleadings for matters in federal, state, and administrative forums. Prepare initial discovery documents for federal, state, and administrative proceedings. Draft initial discovery requests to plaintiff. Create detailed chronologies and timelines to highlight key events in case. Collaborate with attorneys and clients to gather materials necessary for discovery responses, motion practice, depositions, and other litigation tasks. Identify, organize and prepare documents for production, including applying Bates numbering, performing redactions, and maintaining production and privilege logs. Coordinate with the e-discovery team on large-scale document productions and use Relativity or similar software as needed. Assist in witness interviews and prepare concise interview summaries. Prepare deposition documents and subpoenas in compliance with state and federal requirements, monitor responses, coordinate third-party records production, and develop deposition outlines and summaries. Support trial and arbitration preparation, including organizing and managing trial exhibits, preparing initial drafts of witness and exhibit lists, and providing additional trial-related assistance as needed. Conduct cite-checking and Shepardizing as needed. Perform legal research using tools such as Lexis and PACER as required. Conduct background, litigation and social media searches as required.