Cranfill Sumner LLP is looking for a Litigation Paralegal to join the team in our Wilmington, NC office. Â A Litigation Paralegal assists attorneys and legal staff in their day-to-day work, enhances attorney effectiveness by providing legal knowledge and support, and represents the attorney and firm to clients, legal professionals and other matter related individuals. Â A Litigation Paralegal further supports the attorney by preparing pleadings, discovery and other legal documents and communication; reviewing and maintaining legal documents; and preparing for upcoming events, including hearings, depositions, mediations, and trials.
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This position has the potential to be hybrid remote after 90 days.
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EXPECTATIONS
- Regular attendance 5 days per week consistently on time (unless pre-approved or modified schedule)
- Accuracy of work product
- Aspire to record 100 or more billable hours per month
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ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
The litigation paralegal position may involve some or all of the following duties:
- Record daily billable time in time and billing system;
- Draft correspondence, case status reports and budgets;
- Draft pleadings, including answers, motions, notices, orders, calendar requests, subpoenas, affidavits, and other court filings;
- Draft discovery requests and responses;
- Draft Settlement Agreements and Releases;
- Confer with clients/insureds regarding discovery responses, mediation, depositions, etc.;
- Locate, contact and/or interview parties, witnesses, and experts;
- Communicate with opposing counsel, co-counsel, clients, insureds, expert witnesses, court personnel, and others, to facilitate progress of cases;
- Communicate with vendors regarding copying, preparation of exhibits, imaging, etc.;
- Prepare information to be provided to experts, including pleadings, demographics, and medical records, and maintain a record of the same;
- Review and analysis of large quantities of documents for confidentiality/privilege/work product/relevance prior to production to plaintiffs counsel;
- Maintain deposition errata sheets;
- Prepare medical and event chronologies;
- Summarize depositions;
- Summarize discovery responses from other parties;
- Prepare and update indices of pleadings, discovery, and other file materials;
- Organize, analyze and maintain case file, including documents, discovery, pleadings, medical records, and trial notebooks;
- Perform online research regarding criminal record, driving record, and civil suit histories;
- Perform legal research;
- Cite-check briefs and assist in preparation of supporting exhibits;
- Create databases, code documents, and load deposition transcripts into Eclipse;
- Assist with preparations for hearings/mediations/trials, including preparation of exhibits, power point presentations, notebooks, etc.;
- Maintain attorney deadlines and calendar Any other related tasks that may be assigned by Management or supervising attorneys.
