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About the Role
The Paralegal provides high-level support for the firm’s Consumer Financial Services litigation practice group through coordination, legal research, and document management. This role has an annual billable requirement.
Responsibilities
- Conduct legal research using online platforms like Westlaw, LexisNexis, and PACER.
- Analyze, interpret, and summarize legal authorities.
- Utilize e-discovery, litigation support, and case management databases.
- Assist with all phases of discovery, including document collection, organization, review, analysis, indexing, Bates labeling, and production.
- Prepare deposition materials, including summaries, witness files, exhibits, and notebooks.
- Organize and maintain matter files within document management and collaboration platforms.
- Retrieve, review, and analyze public records from government agencies, courts, and online resources.
- Draft, prepare, and proofread legal documents, correspondence, and filings.
- Assist attorneys with trial preparation, including drafting pretrial materials and organizing exhibits.
- Perform substantive paralegal work and other responsibilities as assigned.
- Maintain the firm's official matter files and ensure compliance with document management protocols.
- Monitor case deadlines, prioritize assignments, and ensure timely completion of work.
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously, exercising strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Collaborate with attorneys, paralegals, and staff to support legal services.
- Participate in the training and mentoring of paralegals and team members.
- Perform all duties in accordance with ethical obligations, professional standards, and firm policies.
- Accurately record client billable and non-billable time and meet billable-hour expectations.
- Effectively manage workload, communicate capacity concerns, and escalate issues when necessary.
- Maintain confidentiality of all client, attorney, and firm information.
Requirements
- Demonstrated knowledge of litigation procedures, court rules, filing requirements, and legal terminology.
- Strong analytical skills to review, interpret, and summarize complex legal documents.
- Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Proficiency in learning and leveraging new technologies, software applications, and legal research tools.
- Excellent written, verbal, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Outstanding grammar, proofreading, and editing skills.
- Ability to remain flexible, adaptable, and professional in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong project management and organizational abilities.
- Demonstrated professionalism, integrity, sound judgment, and discretion.
- Proactive, resourceful, and solutions-oriented with the ability to exercise initiative.
- Self-motivated and accountable, with the ability to work independently.
- Commitment to providing exceptional client service.
- Ability to independently manage routine responsibilities and identify issues requiring attorney guidance.
- Strong collaboration and teamwork skills.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure while meeting deadlines.
Skills
- Legal research
- Westlaw
- LexisNexis
- PACER
- e-discovery
- Litigation support
- Case management
- Document management
- Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Teams, Outlook, Excel)
- iManage
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum eight (8) years of experience as a litigation paralegal.
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
- Certificate from an ABA-approved paralegal program beneficial
Salary/Compensations
- $85,000.00 - $125,000.00
Benefits
- Employee support and advancement
About the Company
- Our firm is committed to providing employee support and advancement, while embracing inclusion and innovation as keys to a stronger future.
Equal Opportunity
- Troutman Pepper Locke adheres to a policy of equal opportunity and will make all employment decisions, which include hiring, promotion, transfer, demotion, evaluation, compensation and separation, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, pregnancy, citizenship, disability, genetic information, marital or armed forces status and any other classification as protected by law.