Paralegal

Job Description

Paralegal – Commercial Law | Ross Stores, Inc.

The Tone:
This is a full-time, hybrid role at Ross Stores, Inc., located in Dublin, CA. Ross Stores is a Fortune 500 company operating over 2,200 off-price retail stores across the nation, focusing on providing high-quality brands and on-trend merchandise to its customers. This Paralegal position is essential to supporting the in-house Legal team with commercial law matters, litigation, and compliance, ensuring timely resolution of legal issues and contributing to the company’s overall operational integrity.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid, Dublin, CA
• Pay: $32.60–$48.75 hourly
• Team: In-house Legal team, supporting the Vice President, Commercial and Consumer Law and other Legal team members.
• Mission: Support litigation, compliance, and commercial legal work by partnering with attorneys and other paralegals.
• Tech Stack: Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Serengeti case management and billing database.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Litigation Support: Assist outside and in-house counsel with commercial litigation, including intake, filing, litigation holds, case management, deadline tracking, fact collection, document organization, and discovery.
• Pre-Litigation Resolution: Communicate with various internal departments and vendors/vendors’ counsel to support timely resolution of legal claims, demand letters, and other pre-litigation inquiries.
• Billing and Budget Maintenance: Maintain and update the Serengeti case management and billing database and assist in-house counsel with reserve reporting.
• Compliance Initiatives: Support attorneys and paralegals with compliance initiatives and commercial projects, including research, tracking, and internal procedures.
• Administrative Assistance: Provide occasional administrative support as requested to the team.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Relevant degree, certificate or equivalent training, and work experience. Practical knowledge of civil litigation, including issues pertaining to civil procedure, discovery, document production, confidentiality, privilege, and motion practice.
• Experience: Four years+ experience as a paralegal in a law firm and/or corporate legal department.
• Skills: Excellent organization skills with attention to detail, strong analytical skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to work well in a team environment, excellent interpersonal skills, and strong knowledge of Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Bonus: Paralegal certificate or equivalent experience, and/or in-house experience, particularly with litigation experience and/or compliance efforts.