Fast-growing Trust and Estate litigation Firm in Orange County with a satellite office in San Diego is currently looking for a Litigation Paralegal to join their team. If you are looking to join a firm of results-based, high performing legal professionals who value collaboration and teamwork, we look forward to seeing your resume. Assisting both offices, the Litigation Paralegals play a vital role in the business by assisting other Paralegals, Case Managers, Attorneys, and Administrative Staff in all areas related to litigation and their overall role with the firm.
Trust & Estate Litigation Paralegal daily responsibilities include:
- The Paralegal monitors and reports on the status of cases and identifies matters that are outside of established deadlines and timeframes for critical milestones.
- Proactively manages assigned cases from inception through close or trial
- Can triage, sort and reprioritize quickly
- Manages all phases of a matter within the parameters set forth by the firm.
- Ability to manage and execute all responsibilities for an active matter including electronic filings, document preparation and editing, legal research, and shepardizing as necessary.
- Organize all case-related information for each matter so that it is easily identifiable to the entire Team.
- Properly calendars and manages deadlines and reminders to deadlines to ensure the success of the entire Team.
- Conduct regular meetings with Responsible Attorneys and support staff to ensure tasks are being communicated and completed timely.
- Understands the cadence, strategy, and nature of each assigned matter.
- This includes the understanding of “next steps” and how to “manage up” to ensure that you are always at least five steps ahead.
Qualified Trust & Estate Paralegals should have:
- Five (5)+ years supporting Attorneys who handle trusts and estate litigation matters.
- Actively assisted attorney in preparing for a minimum of 25 depositions and 5 trials- organizing, saving and uploading evidence for virtual depositions.
- Deep knowledge and understanding of the Probate Code, CRC, and CCP.
- Ability to proactively run a case from inception through trial within minimal supervision.
- Tech savvy- able to use Adobe with ease. Knows how to OCR, bates stamp and upload evidence into Trial Director application and efile.
- Proficient in MS Office suites.
- Comfortable with meeting minimum billable requirements and time entry systems.
