Litigation Paralegal – Labor & Employment

Job Description

Paralegal | Professional Alternatives

The Tone:
This is a full-time Paralegal role offered through Professional Alternatives, seeking to place an experienced professional within a collaborative legal team. This role is critical for supporting complex litigation matters and ensuring exceptional client service, contributing directly to successful legal outcomes. The ideal candidate will be a detail-oriented professional, eager to thrive in a fast-paced legal environment.

The TL;DR
• Role: Mid-Senior Level
• Type: Full-time

• Mission: To support complex litigation matters and deliver exceptional client service.
• Tech Stack: Relativity, CaseMap, Ringtail, Summation, Trial Director, Excel, Westlaw, LexisNexis, Carpe Diem

What You’ll Actually Do
• Litigation Support: Support attorneys through all phases of complex litigation, including discovery, trial, and arbitration preparation.
• Document Management: Manage document reviews, large-scale productions, deposition preparation, trial exhibits, witness files, privilege logs, and deposition summaries.
• Case Analysis: Organize and analyze case materials, conduct legal and factual research, and assist with drafting legal correspondence, memoranda, and other documents.
• Database Creation: Create and maintain litigation databases using tools such as Relativity, CaseMap, Ringtail, Summation, Trial Director, Excel, or similar platforms.
• Quality Assurance: Proofread legal documents for accuracy, formatting, grammar, and legal citations.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Senior-level professional with a Bachelor’s degree and/or Paralegal Certificate, specializing in litigation support.
• Experience: 5+ years of litigation paralegal experience, including significant experience supporting Labor & Employment matters, and proficiency with litigation support software such as Relativity, CaseMap, Ringtail, Summation, Trial Director, and Excel, plus experience with online document repositories.
• Skills: Excellent organizational, research, writing, and communication skills, demonstrating exceptional attention to detail.
• Bonus: Trial support experience is a plus, and familiarity with Westlaw, LexisNexis, and time-entry systems such as Carpe Diem is preferred.