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Title : Litigation Paralegal

Location : Texas - Houston
Refer to Job # OEXJ704776


Litigation Paralegal The candidate will be supporting needs to be able to rely on and trust to help run the office with another employee when he is not there, deal with clients, courts, and defense counsel, and take care of whatever needs to be taken care of. Maintain the litigation calendar flawlessly: to include discovery deadlines, hearings, appointments; Maintain daily organization of a high volume docket; Draft requests and responses to discovery; motions, pleadings, demands and correspondence; E-file state and federal pleadings and motions; Document, organize, and prepare a file for trial; Deal professionally with clients; Maintain office file cloud system; and scan, fax, email. REQUIREMENTS: Associates degree or higher; Paralegal certification required; Must have 5+ years of litigation experience as a paralegal in a law firm; Experience with federal and state e-filing; Experience calculating and calendaring deadlines via interpretation of local state and federal rules; Excellent communication skills and positive attitude; Friendly in the office, and able to handle multiple clients and multi-task; Be able to take direction, but also come up with ideas of your own on how to potentially improve the office; Have attention to detail - cannot be stressed enough; Reliable and trustworthy; Respectful and honest ; Able to put out a quality work product every day with minimal to no errors; Proficiency in Microsoft Office: Word; Experience with MAC/Apple computers is preferred; Experience with cloud-based client management software is a plus; Very computer savvy. Be a Notary. Spanish bilingual encouraged to apply (speaking & writing); Points for being serious about your work, but having a sense of humor; and Points for having prior plaintiff personal injury experience that would allow you to work with minimal supervision on a small but growing personal injury docket. Strong emphasis on drafting court-ready motions and filings quickly and with attention to detail. Able to draft requests and responses to discovery; motions, pleadings, demands and correspondence.
 
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