Litigation Paralegal

Offit Kurman is currently seeking to hire a litigation paralegal for our Philadelphia Office. Ideal candidates will possess 5 or more years of experience working as a general litigation paralegal. The paralegal will assist during all phases of the litigation process, from initiation of a case to the discovery period, through trial.

Job Responsibilities:

• Drafting pleadings, discovery, motions, briefs, deposition digests and case summaries.
• Organizes and maintains physical and electronic files.
• Drafts document preservation, litigation hold memoranda, and support litigation teams with implementation.
• Performs a variety of document productions tasks, including collection, hosting, review, redaction, bates-stamping, duplicating, and indexing.
• Prepares and submits electronic filings with Federal and state courts.
• Prepares for and attends, as necessary, depositions and trials.
• Performs a variety of research projects as assigned.
• Regularly interacts with firm?s clients, attorneys and staff.
• Provide overflow support as needed.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Proven working experience as a litigation paralegal.
• Applicable knowledge of motions, discovery, litigation documentation, court rules and procedures, practices.
• Highly organized with ability to juggle multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills along with attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office 2017 (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint), WestLaw, Internet research skills, litigation management software, document management systems.
• Experienced with document collection, preservation, hosting, review and electronic document production platforms and software.
• Familiarity with evidentiary hearings, litigation management tools, and trial presentation software a plus.

Candidate would be in the office 5 days a week for a trial period of 60 days. ?Thereafter, will be in office four days a week, one day remote.

Salary range: $85,000-$100,000.

To apply: Interested candidates should send resumes to Leigh Novack at lnovack@offitkurman.com

*We are not currently accepting resumes from recruiters at this time.

Practice Areas & Specialty

Litigation