Litigation Legal Assistant

3 weeks ago


Newark, United States CF Legal Recruiting and Staffing Full time

A top full-service AM 200 law firm is seeking a Litigation Paralegal/Legal Assistant for their Newark office. Candidates should have at least 3 years of complex commercial litigation experience in a law firm environment, with strong knowledge of e-filing in State and Federal court for both NJ and NY.

Your Litigation Paralegal/Legal Assistant Duties & Responsibilities:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

  • Familiarity with all aspects of complying with filing requirements and deadlines, including ability to draft pleadings and orders.
  • Preparing and e-filing documents including but not limited to complaints, motions, and discovery in Federal and State Courts (NJ & NY).
  • Coordinate and assist with trial preparations.
  • Handling multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously.
  • Heavy calendaring and scheduling for meetings, calls, deadlines, and proactively ensuring deadlines are met.
  • Manage attorney's schedule and calendar all meetings/deadlines.
  • Preparing and responding to extensive discovery, utilizing e-discovery software if needed.
  • Document management, organization, retrieval, and production.
  • Maintain case pleadings, correspondence, discovery, and research for large volume cases.
  • Prepare and finalize pleadings in accordance with applicable court rules.
  • Prepare for depositions, i.e., prepare documents electronically and all other discovery related tasks.
  • Coordinate work with outside document/litigation vendors, including adherence to strict deadlines.
  • Cite-check and edit/revise legal documents.
  • Organize and prepare exhibit lists and/or privilege logs.
  • Other duties assigned.

They have great benefits, most of which are effective on your first day:

  • Heavily subsidized health insurance premiums
  • Firm paid HSA contributions ranging from $600 and $1,200 annually
  • Firm pays 100% of employee only premium for dental insurance and provides inexpensive options for dependents.
  • Firm pays 100% of employee only premium for vision insurance and provides inexpensive options for dependents
  • Tax advantaged account options like Flexible Spending Accounts and Dependent Care Accounts
  • Life Insurance, paid by the Firm
  • Long-Term Disability Insurance, paid by the Firm
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • 11 paid holidays (in 2024)
  • Generous PTO for full-time employees
  • Traditional and Roth 401(k) options from day one. Eligible for discretionary Firm matching contribution after 1 year of service



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