Job Description: Pay Range $22hr - $23.50hr Duties:
- Provide extensive assistance to attorneys in a busy professional legal office that handles Federal and State litigation.
- Prepare correspondence and all relevant case materials for the record.
- Electronic file management for NYMatters, including scanning, and transferring documents within NYMatters updating, maintaining, and searching NYMatters for case files.
- Perform document review, including the use of electronic discovery.
- Organize exhibits for examination before trial (EBT).
- Assist assigned attorney with State and Federal trials.
- Serve subpoenas or arrange service.
- Arrange for filing pleadings and other legal papers with the court clerk of record.
- Review discovery demands received and work closely with attorneys to prepare responses.
- Assist in the review and redaction of documents for production in response to discovery demands.
- Assimilate transcripts from EBTs or excerpts from trial transcripts.
- Conduct legal research using Westlaw, Federal Court Pacer, Courts E-Filing and legal source materials such as statutes, rules and regulations.
- Review litigation documents such as summons and complaints, motions, affidavits and agency determinations.
- Draft and assemble legal documents (Notice of entry, hearing exhibits, legal correspondence, judgments, subpoenas, etc).
- Analyze and process interim and dispositive decisions and orders.
- Prepare final documents for file closing.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Key Skills/Abilities:
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Word/Excel and have knowledge of the Relativity eDiscovery platform.
Education:
- High School or Technical Degree/Certificate.