Paralegal - Pasadena, Ca - Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro

Description

Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP is a national class-action and complex litigation law firm that takes on the world's largest corporations and entities, fighting for the rights of consumers, employees, student-athletes, investors, whistleblowers, and others.

In the firm's 31 years of practice, Hagens Berman has earned a reputation as one of the most feared plaintiffs' firms in the nation, willing to go above and beyond in the fight for our clients' rights.

Our determination and expert skill are second to none in the plaintiffs' bar, and our opponents know our name well.

Founded in 1993, Hagens Berman has recovered settlements valued at more than $322 billion for our clients across our various practice areas.

Our legal team has achieved record-breaking settlements and believes in helping those most in need.

The firm's tenacious spirit has earned it prestigious awards, including repeatedly being named one of the top 10 plaintiffs' firms in the US.

Read more about our cases, history, success record, and awards. Follow the firm's progress on Facebook, X/Twitter and LinkedIn.


Responsibilities:

• Assisting in preparing briefs for filing, including formatting to comply with court rules, citechecking, conforming to stylistic preferences, and proofreading.
• Pulling and preparing exhibits in support of briefing and drafting corresponding declarations.
• Preparing redacted versions of documents based on confidentiality designations and motions to file unredacted versions under seal.
• Assisting with investigation on potential cases.
• Drafting shell discovery and correspondence.
• Coordinating document productions, including batesnumbering and redactions.
• Organizing and tracking documents produced in discovery, including maintenance of production logs and indexing of certain documents.
• Performing searches for documents produced in discovery in electronic document review system.
• Preparing materials for oral arguments, depositions, mediations, and trial.
• Assisting in maintaining a paperless internal filing system, including scanning and filing of documents in document management system.
• Calendaring legal deadlines.
• Keeping track of time worked for purposes of cost recovery.
• Some administrative tasks including answering calls to main line; setting up court reporters, court calls, and conference calls; making travel arrangements; preparing expense reports and credit card reconciliations; ordering office supplies as needed; coordinating equipment maintenance/repair; and entering time for attorneys.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with 25 years of experience as a litigation paralegal.
• Ability to understand legal concepts and terminology.
• Knowledge of the rules regulating paralegals.
• Knowledge of state/federal/appellate court rules and procedures, and the skills to find and understand those in multiple jurisdictions.
• Knowledge of state/federal/appellate court ECF efiling systems, and the ability to learn efiling systems in other jurisdictions.
• Knowledge of Westlaw and LexisNexis.
• Ability to work independently, organize and prioritize workload, and adapt to changing priorities.
• Ability to follow precise written and verbal instructions.
• Ability to perform under tight deadlines and maintain patience in highpressure situations.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, planning, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Must manage highly confidential information with professionalism and unquestionable integrity.

Salary Range:
$75,000 - $100,000 depending on experience, plus bonus.

Full time employees become eligible for several benefits on the first of the month following hire, including medical, dental, vision, HSA, life insurance, AD&D, EAP, 401K, LTD and STD.

Also available is a voluntary FSA, and transit and parking benefits.