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About the Role

Benesch is seeking a Litigation Paralegal for its San Francisco office. This hybrid role offers work-from-home flexibility and involves managing large-scale litigation matters from start to finish, with significant involvement in trials.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and assistance to attorneys in the coordination, management, and supervision of all aspects of litigation.
• Handle large caseloads.
• Prepare drafts of legal and other documents and correspondence for attorney review.
• Compile, analyze, and summarize information.
• Coordinate efforts between attorneys, clients, outside legal counsel, opposing legal counsel, other parties, and outside vendors.
• Draft, review, and/or analyze routine legal documents.
• Manage large-scale discovery and e-discovery matters, including document preservation, collection, and production.
• Provide hands-on operational litigation technology support, including database creation and maintenance, importing/exporting data, e-discovery processes, and scanning/OCR/coding.
• Organize and maintain case files using automated procedures.
• Assist with preparing attorneys and witnesses for depositions and court appearances.
• Prepare for trials in state and federal court, including managing trial support, creating and overseeing trial exhibits, setting up war rooms, and attending trial to assist with presenting evidence.
• Review and summarize depositions.
• Manage and assist with finalizing witness affidavits.
• Review documents for privilege and draft privilege logs.
• Perform legal and factual research.
• Interact with outside entities to gather information or coordinate activities.
• Act as the liaison between case team attorneys and support staff.
• Meet billable goals.
• Coordinate with attorneys and other legal staff to ensure filings and discovery are reviewed, formatted correctly, and submitted on schedule.
• Finalize and electronically file pleadings, motions, discovery, and other legal documents in California state courts.
• Manage e-filings in federal courts using CM/ECF and PACER systems.
• File documents in other state courts across various U.S. jurisdictions.
• Coordinate with vendors for manual filings, courtesy/chambers copies, personal service, and record retrieval.
• Monitor court docket systems for updates, deadlines, and filings.
• Track and manage calendaring related to court deadlines and filing schedules.
• May require overtime as needed.
• Perform additional office support duties as assigned/requested.

Requirements

• Paralegal certification from an ABA-approved program is preferred.
• 8+ years of litigation experience in an AmLaw 150 firm or specialist litigation practice area.
• Experience with all stages of litigation, including intake, discovery, and trial.
• Experience preparing for and attending trials/arbitration hearings is required.
• Strong working knowledge of federal court procedures and electronic filings systems (CM/ECF, PACER) is required.
• Demonstrated ability to research and comply with filings rules in multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience with platforms such as One Legal, File & ServeXpress, Odyssey, and similar e-filing portals.
• Solid time management and organizational skills.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Self-motivated and pro-active.
• Excellent customer service attitude.
• Must be available for overtime work and travel as needed.
• Seven to ten years of litigation experience in an AmLaw 150 firm or specialist litigation practice area.
• Must keep confidential documents and information confidential at all times.

Skills

• Opus 2
• TextMap
• CaseMap
• iManage (or comparable DMS)
• Everlaw
• Relativity
• Trial Director
• MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Location

• San Francisco

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Work from home flexibility
• Overtime as needed

Experience Level

• 8+ years of litigation experience
• Seven to ten years of litigation experience

Education Level

• Paralegal certification from an ABA-approved program is preferred
• Valid Paralegal certification

Salary/Compensations

• $120K to $185K

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus
• Comprehensive benefits package

About the Company

• Benesch is one of the fastest growing firms in the nation with offices in Chicago, Columbus, San Francisco, New York City, and Wilmington.
• The Firm has earned placement on Chicago and Cleveland's Top Workplaces lists, along with Cleveland's NorthCoast 99 Top Workplaces rankings.
• The Firm continues to advance on the AmLaw 150 list.
• Benesch is recognized for being a Firm that attracts and retains top talent.
• Offers a hybrid schedule, career development and growth, transparent and visible leadership teams, and a place where diversity, equity, and inclusion are celebrated.

Equal Opportunity

• Benesch is an equal opportunity employer.
• We strongly value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability (where applicant is qualified to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodations), medical condition, protected veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
• Applicants who are interested in applying for a position and require special assistance or an accommodation during the process due to a disability should contact the Benesch Human Resources Department by phone at 216-363-4578 or email at cwatson@benesch.com.
• Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities