Paralegal

About the Role

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP is seeking a Litigation Paralegal for its San Diego office. This position is open to all experience levels.

Key Responsibilities

• Communicate professionally, productively, and efficiently with clients, contacts, attorneys, other paralegals, and all other professional staff.
• Assist attorneys in drafting pleadings, performing factual and legal research, reviewing, and analyzing documents, and supporting preparations for hearings, depositions, and mediations.
• Review, gather, and organize client documents from production to discovery.
• Research, organize, and summarize records as needed to assist in data gathering, including organizing information and documents in databases.
• Assist with preparing discovery requests and responses.
• Assist in trial preparation, including drafting pre-trial pleadings, preparing exhibits, coordinating witnesses and requests with outside vendors, and live trial support.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Experience in litigation support and case management.
• Experience drafting and organizing discovery – both written discovery and document production.
• Experience preparing for and assisting at trial.
• Familiarity with the State and Federal Rules of Civil Procedures.
• Experience with Summation Pro, Relativity, or comparable litigation support software.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Qualifications

• Ability to adapt to changes in work environment and manage multiple cases, remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful, and efficient, with a high level of professionalism.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.
• Excellent analytical and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational and technical skills.