Senior Employment Law Paralegal

We're looking for an organized, detail-oriented, and experienced paralegal to play an important role on our legal team. You'll draft legal documents such as affidavits, prepare briefs, conduct legal research for trial preparation, and keep case files and other important information neatly organized and easily accessible.

If you're interested in advancing your paralegal career with opportunities for growth, we want to hear from you. Compensation :

$75,000 + bonus

Responsibilities :

• Assist lawyers in preparing legal documentation, pleadings, and correspondence including correspondence such as interrogatories, subpoenas, deposition notices, complaints, pretrial orders, legal briefs, and affidavits
• Draft subpoenas and coordinate with process servers

Your key responsibilities will include the following :

• Prepare initial draft of requests for interrogatories, production of documents, and notice of depositions
• Initial drafts of basic legal documents (notice of deposition, notice of filing, motion to extend, etc.) to be filed with the court
• Manage litigation case dockets for several large clients
• Case and file management via Smokeball (document management software)
• Calendar and monitor deadlines
• Maintain pleadings and discovery indexes
• E-File documents via CM / ECF
• Conduct basic legal and factual research
• Participation in arbitrations, depositions, mediation, and / or trials as needed
• Prepare chronologies and deposition summaries
• Prepare document binders for depositions, hearings, and trials
• Attorney liaison with clients, court, witnesses, and attorneys

Qualifications :

• Must have great time-management skills, and organizational skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Completion of a nationally-accredited paralegal program strongly preferred

The successful Paralegal candidate will have the following :

• At least three years of experience as a paralegal handling employment law and / or civil litigation matters
• 3-5 years of experience as a litigation paralegal (preferably with federal court experience)
• A college degree
• Knowledge of Federal Civil Procedure and Court Rules
• Experience with drafting discovery requests and responses and litigation documents to be filed with the court
• Familiarity with document databases (Relativity, Logikcull, etc.) (preferred)
• Experience with Smokeball, Trial Director, Clio (preferred)
• Strong attention to detail and data accuracy (essential)
• Excellent time management
• Superior written and verbal communication skills
• An eagerness to learn and grow, with an aptitude for learning new technology
• An exceptional work ethic, attitude, and interpersonal skills

About Company

ELS is a boutique employment law firm that offers a suite of employment law services that include advice and counseling, representation in litigation and agency matters, management and staff training, workplace investigations, drafting and reviewing employment policies and agreements, and negotiating severance agreements.