Litigation Paralegal

Litigation Paralegal

Downtown Boston law firm seeks full-time Litigation Paralegal. Applicant must possess excellent oral and written communication skills and be detail-oriented, very organized and computer literate. Applicant must also possess a Paralegal Certification from an ABA accredited program, or a bachelor or associate degree of any type and at least 3 years of litigation paralegal experience.  Desirable atmosphere and competitive pay and benefits.  

Primary Responsibilities:

• Gather all necessary documents responsive to discovery requests and track status of discovery requests.
• Draft motions and accompanying affidavits and exhibits.
• Draft all KOR subpoenas and accompanying documents and draft authorizations for medical, employment, tax, social security, and criminal records, and any other relevant records.
• Track status of all medical, employment, tax, social security, and criminal records, and any other relevant records, as well as all x-ray films received to date.
• Prepare indexes of radiology and pathology materials.
• Organize medical records and in some cases draft medical chronology.
• Draft deposition summaries and summaries of other relevant documents as requested by attorney.
• Prepare Trial Notebooks.
• Assist with trial preparation, including drafting trial pleadings and other trial-related documents.

Required Skills:

• Previous experience as a litigation paralegal at a law firm; experience with insurance defense matters is a plus.
• Experience with drafting deposition summaries.
• Knowledge of pleading and discovery documents, including ability to type, edit and format legal documents and correspondence.
• Ability to take initiative; organize and prioritize workload and use judgment in decision making on how to adequately and efficiently meet all deadlines for multiple attorneys;
• Must have the ability to multi-task effectively, work well independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience with time and billing software.

Required Education/Number of Years Work Experience: 

1. A Paralegal Certification from an ABA accredited program, or

2. At least 3 years of experience as a Litigation Paralegal; a bachelor or associate degree is preferred with the experience.