Paralegal - Labor and Employment

Responsibilities

• Establishes, organizes, and maintains case and client files
• Serves as a liaison between the client and the firm to strengthen client relationships
• Collects, organizes, and maintains essential data and fact discovery used to influence attorney strategy
• Enhances communication with client, increases efficiency, and builds trust with internal/external clients
• Responsible for document and database maintenance and data analysis
• Assists staff and attorney stakeholders to scope, plan, and manage medium to high complexity projects on a global scale
• Assists with service of discovery requests and document productions
• Assists with drafting, proofreading, editing, and filing court filings, briefings, and supporting exhibits
• Participates in fact investigation, witness interviews, and research into publicly available documents
• Fact-checks, Cite-checks and Bluebooks briefs, memoranda, expert reports, etc
• Creates Tables of Authorities and Tables of Contents for court briefings
• Coordinates all events/deadlines with the Firm's Litigation Docketing Department
• Tracks and communicates case-related deadlines and information
• Assists with deposition/discovery logistics and preparation
• Assists with witness preparation, creation of direct- and cross-examination compendia
• Assists with pretrial submissions including exhibit lists, deposition designations, and trial briefs
• Assists with trial logistics, electronic courtroom set up, and demonstratives
• Attends trial and provides trial assistance to case team including exhibit logging/tracking
• Supports the development and management of case matters and practice group timelines
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Experience and Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) or equivalent from four-year college or university
• Minimum 2 - 4 years of administrative and legal support experience or e quivalent combination of education and experience.
• Fact research skills, preferred.
• Prior experience in a law firm, legal, or other client service environment, is highly desired.
• Demonstrates proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Portable Document Format (PDF) software.
• Familiarity with iManage, Adobe PDF
• Experience with computer aided software (CAD)
• Strong technical background.
• Excellent written/verbal communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to work autonomously while also functioning effectively in a team environment.
• Ability to pivot and adapt to change and balance competing demands.
• Understanding of litigation support systems including, WestLaw, WestLaw Case Notebook, Lexis/Nexis, and Relativity, strongly desired.
• Interest in pursuing/continuing in a career within the legal and/or business community.
• Benefits / Why Join Us
• Morgan Lewis offers attractive benefits and competitive salaries. Our compensation structure rewards exceptional performance and recognizes the talent and experience that our people gain with each year of service. We are committed to offering the best and most comprehensive benefits including:
• Medical coverage, with a variety of plans
• Health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts
• Domestic partner coverage
• Parental leave
• Vacation and holiday leave
• Life and accident insurance
• Income protection, including sick leave, salary continuation, and long term disability.
• Qualified candidates must apply online by visiting our website at www.morganlewis.com and selecting "Careers."
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• Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment qualified applicants wi

Benefits

Additional Information

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, one of the world's leading global law firms with offices in strategic hubs of commerce, law, and government across North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, is seeking a Paralegal for the Labor & Employment Practice Group. Reporting to the Senior Practice Support Manager, the Paralegal will work directly with partners, associates, and other paralegals. This position will also play a critical role in legal research, document preparation, case and project management, client communication, mediation/arbitration/trial pre and post preparation, and overall team coordination. This position will reside in our Philadelphia office and offers a flexible, hybrid in-office/remote working arrangement which allows for you to work 2 days remotely and 3 days collaboratively in the office.

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