Paralegal

Posted 16 Days Ago
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Los Angeles, CA
95K-115K Annually
Entry level
Legal Tech • Financial Services
The Role
The Paralegal will support litigation attorneys by assisting with trial preparation and e-filing court documents. Responsibilities include organizing exhibits, preparing trial binders, proofreading legal documents, managing client documents, and conducting online research. Flexibility in schedule and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment are necessary.
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Office Administration, California

Job Description

We are a global law firm with a powerful strategic focus and real momentum. Our industry-focused strategy is seeing us take on pioneering work in places that others have yet to reach. Our shared values define our culture and our workplace. You will find us to be unusually collegial, team-oriented, and ready to innovate. We work seamlessly across practices, offices and around the world. This elimination of boundaries has allowed us to evolve into a law firm that works as hard for its culture as it does for its clients.

The Los Angeles office of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP is seeking a paralegal to support the attorneys in the firm’s Litigation groups. Experience with trial preparation/attendance and supporting attorneys engaged in litigation is required. Overtime and flexibility in schedule may be required from time to time.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Assist with trial preparation, including organize and index exhibits, prepare trial binders and manage document-intensive files
  • Prepare first draft of correspondence or serve as the liaison between trial team and third parties such as witnesses, clients, vendors, and courtroom personnel, as requested
  • Issue subpoenas for medical or work records; track and manage record; prepare medical summaries
  • Proofread legal documents for contextual content, grammar, typographical and spelling errors; hyperlink citations and documents; extensive experience with e-filing court documents
  • Efficiently manage and catalog client documents both internally and when using a document review platform (e.g., Relativity or Axcelerate)
  • Create demonstratives and prepare exhibits for depositions, hearings, etc. from electronic data
  • E-filing motions and other pleadings, including after-hours filings
  • Project management, including docketing deadlines and create task lists for project completion
  • Online substantive research, filing, and other administrative duties, as assigned

Other duties

Please note this job description does not cover or contain all activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • Flexibility to operate independently and in a team atmosphere with a high degree of accuracy, confidentiality, and professionalism
  • Ability to work overtime when required
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to interact well with people at all levels of the organization and some external parties (e.g. document review vendors)
  • Demonstrate a positive attitude, strong judgment, initiative, integrity and be a dependable, highly motivated, team player
  • Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt quickly to changing priorities
  • Detail oriented, with above average spelling, language, and grammar skills and proficient in cite checking legal documents
  • Familiarity with legal resources such as Lexis and Westlaw
  • Strong computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Acrobat, and PowerPoint
  • High regard for confidentiality and quality work product

Employees are entitled to compensation commensurate with skill and experience. The full time base annual salary for this position in the Los Angeles market is expected to range between $95,000 and $115,000. This range represents the firm’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting for a position in Los Angeles. Salaries in other markets will vary depending on market data. Bonus opportunities are non-guaranteed and are dependent upon individual and firm performance.

Norton Rose Fulbright will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring. 

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP is committed to providing employees with a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that supports you, your health, and your family. Benefit packages include access to three medical plans, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance. Employees can also access pre-tax benefits such as health savings and flexible spending accounts. Norton Rose Fulbright helps provide financial security by allowing employees to participate in a 401(k) savings plan and profit-sharing plans if eligible. Full- time employees are eligible to access fertility benefits designed to support fertility and family-forming journeys.

In addition to the Firm’s health and welfare benefits above, we offer a competitive paid time off plan, which provides a minimum of 20 days off based on your role and tenure with the firm. The firm offers a generous paid parental leave benefit allowing parents to take a minimum of 14 weeks of paid leave to bond with your newborn, or adopted child(ren). Employees are also entitled to 11 Firm holidays.

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and complies with all applicable federal laws and their implementing regulations that require the collection and recording of certain data and information. The information we receive will not be used to make any decision regarding employment and will be kept separate from your application. Similarly, self-identification information is kept confidential and used only in accordance with applicable federal laws and regulations. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Norton Rose Fulbright is committed to providing reasonable accommodation as an Equal Opportunity Employer to applicants with disabilities. If you require assistance or accommodation to complete your application, please contact [email protected]. Please provide your contact information and a description of your accessibility issue. We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

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Top Skills

Adobe Acrobat
Excel
MS Office
PowerPoint
The Company
Denver, Colorado
8,733 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. We have more than 3,500 lawyers and other legal staff based in Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa.

Recognized for our industry focus, we are strong across all the key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy, infrastructure and resources; consumer markets; transport; technology; and life sciences and healthcare. Through our global risk advisory group, we leverage our industry experience with our knowledge of legal, regulatory, compliance and governance issues to provide our clients with practical solutions to the legal and regulatory risks facing their businesses.

Wherever we are, we operate in accordance with our global business principles of quality, unity and integrity. We aim to provide the highest possible standard of legal service in each of our offices and to maintain that level of quality at every point of contact.

Norton Rose Fulbright Verein, a Swiss verein, helps coordinate the activities of Norton Rose Fulbright members but does not itself provide legal services to clients. Norton Rose Fulbright has offices in more than 50 cities worldwide, including London, Houston, New York, Toronto, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Sydney and Johannesburg. For more information, see nortonrosefulbright.com/legal-notices

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