Paralegal

Paralegal

A local prominent law firm that has been doing business in Marietta, OH for 60 plus years wants you to be part of their professional team. Here they strive to represent their clients in a professional and zealous manner. To be part of their team is being part of the best of best. They value their clients and their mission is to address each client’s specific needs in the manner that best suits the circumstances. Their clients know that they are in good hands when they walk into their office and that they will employ every resource available to them to achieve a positive result. 

Paralegal Job Responsibilities:

• Assisting with the preparation, filing and service of pleadings.

• Acting as liaison among all parties including court or other neutrals for scheduling and sharing information

• Organizing and managing documents, including the creation of spreadsheets and retrieval systems

• Coordinating the collection, review and production of documents and responding to discovery requests

• Assisting with trial preparation including the assembly of exhibits, witness binders and appendices for depositions and court filings

• Summarizing deposition and trial transcripts and exhibits

• Researching case-related factual issues using in-house files and outside reference sources

• Compiling information and, preparing statistics, charts, graphs and other summaries to detail the findings

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Paralegal Qualifications and Skills:

• Participating in educational opportunities to keep up to date on job knowledge

• Reading professional publications

• Maintaining personal networks

• Participating in professional organizations

• Excellent organization skills

• Attention to detail.

• Legal research and investigation skills

• Ability to follow direction and procedures

• Strong written and oral communication skills

• Ability to prioritize workload and assignments

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Paralegal certificate from an ABA accredited program preferred, or a combination of education and/or experience

• 2-3 years of significant and substantive litigation experience as a paralegal/legal assistant in a law firm setting.

• Proficiency with Document Review Software

• Working knowledge and competency with case management software

• Proficiency with word processing and spreadsheet software