Labor & Employment/litigation Paralegal (Sacramento)

4 weeks ago

Sacramento, United States Best Best & Krieger LLP Full time

Best Best & Krieger LLP is a nationally recognized law firm focused on delivering effective and client-service oriented solutions to complex legal issues facing public agencies, businesses and individuals across the U.S. BB&K is proud to trace the firm's success back to the groundwork of professionalism and community service laid by its founders 135 years ago. Today, with nearly 250 attorneys in offices throughout California and in Oregon and Washington, D.C., we efficiently and meaningfully assist our clients with complex, multi-disciplinary issues and provide creative solutions.

At BB&K, we place a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to inclusiveness and collaboration. We are proud of our diverse workplace, where we respect and value our colleagues for their unique perspectives and experiences.

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This position will work closely with the attorneys in the firm’s labor and employment practice group in the firm’s northern California offices. The Firm currently has a work from anywhere program which allows individuals to work remotely. Individuals will need to come to office on occasion as litigation and/or working attorney may request

Paralegals are expected to bill a minimum of 1500 hours per year, to firm client matters (including pro bono matters) or approved non-billable practice group work, special assignments or firm administration assignments, maintain regular office hours consistent with the firm's normal business hours and be available, as needed, for after-hours and weekend overtime.

**RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES**:

- Independently manage cases and proactively monitor and anticipate the needs of attorneys throughout the progression of cases (inception to close).
- Knowledge of, ability to interpret and institute in practice various laws, statutes and regulations including civil procedure, rules of court, appellate procedure, discovery act and local rules.
- Perform e-discovery tasks using document review platforms including review for relevance, privilege, redacting as necessary, creating privilege logs with speed and efficiency.
- Perform cite checking, shepardizing and proof reading of briefs and other legal documents using various guides such as style manuals and Bluebook.
- Assist in pleading and discovery processes including drafting documents, research for service of process, ensuring proper service is completed timely, drafting notices and subpoenas, preparing for deposition, propounding and responding to written discovery, preparing for expert discovery, and drafting discovery motions, drafting witness and attorney declarations.
- Perform analytical tasks, which may include preparing witness interview memoranda, reviewing and summarizing documents such as deposition and court transcripts and preparing and maintaining privilege logs as needed.
- Assist with law and motion practice, which may include drafting motion papers, assembling motion papers and exhibits, assisting with filings of pleadings and briefs and ensuring proper service.
- Organize and maintain case-related materials.
- Attend and assist, as needed, during meetings, hearings, depositions, arbitrations, mediations, and communicate with client, opposing counsel and court staff.
- Calculate and review docketing dates for each matter and ensure proper maintenance of any required case calendars.
- Assist with trial preparation, including preparing trial subpoenas and on-call agreements, determining applicable jury instructions and jury research, participation in the voir dire process, creating trial notebooks, identifying and organizing exhibits, preparing witness lists and coordinating witness schedules, drafting various pre-trial and trial pleadings, maintaining trial calendars and communicating effectively with opposing counsel and courtroom staff.
- Prepare and/or supervise vendor preparation of graphs and demonstrative exhibits.
- Assist attorneys at trial to operate and maintain trial software or other similar technology.
- Attend administrative proceedings, trial, hearings, depositions or mediations, as requested.
- Liaison with practice support teams including directing of data collections, productions, and other data driven projects.
- Prepare post litigation documents including judgments, entry of judgments, memorandum of costs and attorney fees motions, abstracts of judgment and collecting on judgments.
- Familiar with appeals and writs is a plus.
- Assemble administrative records and appendices in various courts.

**REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES**:

- Experience and satisfactory skill levels in all areas of Responsibility and Duties, above, with excellent skills in at least several of those areas. Paralegals without satisfactory skill levels in one or more areas may satisfy the requirements of that skill set by demonstrating a likely** **ability to quickly develop such a skill level. Substantive expertise in one

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