Paralegal - Government Investigations/white Collar

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Paralegal - Government Investigations/White Collar

The candidate will do primary contact person for most communications unless related to legal/fee issue. Guide and mentor junior paralegals. Independently follow legal procedures with some complexity. Assist with trial preparation. Oversee some tasks involved in legal proceedings. Perform factual research and identify documents and information required for additional review. Participate in client and witness interviews and/or meetings. This includes document custodian and third party interviews. Draft simple pleadings and motions, such as initial disclosures, pretrial conference reports, discovery plans, etc. Draft complaints and answers. Organize and conduct client file searches for responses to requests for production of documents. Draft litigation hold letters. Understand and apply ESI best practices to electronic document search and production issues. Draft requests for production of documents. This includes determining documents to be produced and identifying documents to be withheld. Draft interrogatories and requests for admission and also responses to those. Prepare depositions of primary and expert witnesses in cases. This includes preparatory documents and exhibit assembly. Refine cite-checking skills. This includes spelling and grammar checks, fact-checking, sherardizing legal authority and blue-booking legal citations. Track and complete projects within given deadlines. Provide status updates throughout the projects. Coordinate projects with minimal supervision from attorneys and consultation with senior paralegals. Coordinate document review teams and draft documents review protocols. Assist with all stages and preparations regarding court hearings, arbitrations and mediations. Work independently on activities, functioning as a first or second-year associate. Attend and contribute to strategy conferences, both internally and externally. Provide training in aspects of the practice area. Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional Information

Job ID: 3721.

Company info

Nixon Peabody LLP
Tammy Ramalho
900 Elm Street
Manchester
New Hampshire
United States 03101
Website : https://www.nixonpeabody.com/