Paralegal

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Paralegal

The candidate responsibilities will include: Perform a variety of paralegal functions to assist Senior Paralegals and attorneys in representing their clients fairly and efficiently, completing casework, documentation and interaction with clients in preparation for and during (or up to and including) trial. Assisting more senior Paralegals in the commencement of action for new cases, the discovery process, pretrial preparation, trial, post-trial and appellate work, settlements and general paralegal responsibilities. Assist Attorney and Senior Paralegals in all phases of discovery, prepares discovery responses and requests to include requests for production, interrogatories and requests for admissions, depositions, docketing, scheduling, fielding client calls, and frequent written and oral communication with defense and/or co-counsel. Arrange files and reviews documents and may prepare summonses. Draft pre-trial data, assists in the preparation of trial notebooks, exhibits and legal authorities. Organize and prepare exhibits, depositions/testimony copies, etc. Prepare trial subpoenas and assist in scheduling of witnesses. As directed by senior paralegals and attorneys, summarize trial testimony and drafts bill of costs. Assist on designation of records and compiling briefs. Conduct legal research on case law using Lexis Nexis, Westlaw, and other appropriate law and/or medical libraries, databases, and on-line facilities. Perform general/and or administrative paralegal duties including legal research and specific points of briefing cases. Correspond with clients and adversaries. Maintain files, including form files, legal memos and expert’s files. Bachelor’s degree and/or Paralegal Certificate required. Should have 3-8 consecutive years of paralegal work experience. Civil litigation experience required. Experience with e-Discovery, CaseLogistix, Relativity or similar legal-industry repository programs required. Must have superior knowledge of MS 2013 Office suite. Previous experience in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment preferred.

Company info

Motley Rice.
28 Bridgeside Blvd
Mount Pleasant
South Carolina
United States 29464
Website : https://www.motleyrice.com/