Job Description

Plaintiff law firm seeks Paralegal with at least 5 yrs. experience.

We are a small boutique, referral only,  firm. Our office is in a secured historic building in Santa Ana. We are in need of a team player who works well with others.

Our candidate will have plaintiff civil litigation experience, be familiar with e-filing in state/federal courts, calendaring, and various legal administrative duties. If you are looking for exposure to often ground-breaking cases, in a fast-paced environment and can hit the ground running and adapt to a busy desk, please submit your resume.

Responsibilities:

• Calendaring court dates/deadlines
• Filing with State and Federal courts (including e-filing)
• One Legal/First Legal filing.
• Court Call and Zoom scheduling.
• Preparing and processing legal correspondence and documents
• Experience with calendaring, preparing, and formatting various legal documents such as discovery, motions and briefs, proofreading, data entry, preparing and coordinating subpoenas.
• Timely processing of incoming mail
• Handling telephone and electronic communication
• Setting up and maintaining litigation files
• Inputting and updating data and case management program/Clio.

Qualifications:

• Must have at least 5 years of paralegal experience
• Must have experience with heavy civil litigation/trial work.
• Must have knowledge of court filing requirements, including experience with e-filing in state/federal courts.
• Must be organized and task oriented.
• Must work well both independently and with a team.
• Must have exceptional communication skills to communicate with attorneys, clients, and staff.

A comprehensive background investigation will be conducted before hiring.

Salary: Negotiable/excellent salary depending on experience including Discretionary Bonus dependent on performance.

Job Type: Full-time

Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm

Benefit Summary:

• 11 Paid Holidays per Year
• 10 Paid Vacation days per Year
• Sick Time in accordance with CA Law

Job Type: Full-time- On premises at least 3 days per week, and remote access encouraged. If the state faces another shut-down, this schedule will be negotiated so that our office stays safe and healthy.

Pay: $65,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year based on qualifications

COVID-19 considerations: Must be fully vaccinated.

During the state shut-down we converted to all-remote, provided access to, and paid for, a private lab which provided COVID-19 testing for our employees. We also provided full-PPE when/if needed. If circumstances should change again, the same protocols will be put in place.