Organization: eAccidents
Remote: No
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Deadline to Apply: 04/30/2023
Employee Start Date: 03/10/2023
This office will be building a practice to serve the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. The lead attorney is proficient, near native ASL hearing signer and RID certified interpreter.
Job Summary:
The law firm of eAccidents, APC is seeking a paralegal.
Functions/Duties/Responsibilities:
- Assist trial team from the filing of complaint through trial
- Prepare trial binders and exhibits
- Organize exhibits, documents, evidence, briefs, and appendices
- Propound and respond to written discovery (most significant part of the job)
- Maintain pleadings and discovery indexes
- Monitor discovery due dates and court orders
- Notice depositions and other hearings
- Coordinate with and prepare client and other witnesses for depositions
- Summarize deposition transcripts
- Calendar deadlines in state and appellate courts and monitor case dockets
- Manage attorney’s calendar and calendar all related litigation dates (i.e. hearings, depositions, mediations, etc.)
- Maintain accurate records of all due dates throughout file process
- Oversee and manage approximately 50 to 75 litigation matters
- Prepare legal documents for service on appropriate counsel and parties
- Assist in gathering documents and evidence from the client throughout the discovery phase and course of litigation
- Ensure that all court appearances are covered either by the assigned attorney, court call or a covering attorney
- Prepare, coordinate, review, and schedule depositions, mediations, and hearings including coordinating with the client
- Communicate with medical and legal experts throughout litigation to assist in maintaining and coordinating expert deposition documents and availability
- Perform legal research and writing
- Draft pleadings, motions, memoranda, oppositions, replies, complaints and appellate documents and filing them with the court
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Paralegal: 3 years (Required)
- Litigation: 3 years (Required)
- Articulate, organized and a team player with excellent communication skills
- Ability to negotiate, problem solve, and think out of the box
- Must be organized, detail-oriented and a self-starter
- Strong written communication skills
- Must possess the ability to multi-task, prioritize, and manage workload with a positive attitude and minimal supervision
- Pre-litigation experience: 2 years (Preferred)
- Type at least 60 WPM (Preferred)
- Court Filings: 1 year (Preferred)
- Bachelor’s Degree (Preferred)
- CA B&P Code 6450 Paralegal Certificate (Preferred)
- Knowledge of Ca. Civil Procedure and Local Court Rules (Required)
- Discovery: 2 years (Required)
- Legal research: 2 years (Required)
- Legal drafting: 2 years (Required)
- Microsoft Office/Adobe Acrobat: 3 years (Required)
- Personal Injury: 2 years (Required)
This office will be building a practice to serve the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. The lead attorney is proficient, near native ASL hearing signer and RID certified interpreter.
Benefits:
Paid Lunches
PTO
Fun work environment
Regular Bonuses/Incentive Packages
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $50,000.00 – $90,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Free parking
Paid sick time
Paid time off
Schedule:
8 hour shift
Travel requirement:
No travel
Ability to commute/relocate:
Los Angeles, CA 90021: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Application Question(s):
Please provide a link to a few examples of discovery that you have propounded and responded to.
Work Location: In person Email your application by clicking here.