Discovery Management Associate

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Support and assist in reviewing, organizing, and categorizing financial, legal, corporate, real estate, and other documents for importation and metadata entry into G|S’ proprietary document management software.
• Summarize and reconcile formal discovery requests and responses, including document productions, Form Interrogatories, Special Interrogatories, and Requests for Admissions.
• Assist with settlement conference and trial preparation by organizing reports, preparation of work paper files, and exhibit lists.
• Liaison with clients, attorneys, and their paralegals to send and receive large document productions using secure Sharefile links.
• Meet with senior associates, managers, and partners to discuss case details and objectives.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications and Skill/Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 1-2+ years of legal, litigation, or paralegal experience within a professional setting.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Exceptional organizational skills in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and to exercise discretion and good judgment.
• Strong proactive work ethic, follow through, and punctuality.
• Forward-thinking attitude, excellent interpersonal skills, and ability to take direction and work well with others.
• Proficiency with Adobe and Microsoft Office.
• Reasonable commuting distance to the San Francisco office (hybrid in-office/work-from-home schedule)

Preferred Experience:

• Familiarity with:
• Legal language, acronyms, and court pleadings.
• Prior internship or paralegal or work experience in a field that develops the skills required for the functions and responsibilities of the position.
• Certificate of an ABA-approved paralegal certification program.