Paralegal

Overview

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, a national law firm with offices in all 50 States, has an immediate opening for an experienced Litigation Paralegal in its New Orleans office. Qualified candidates must have paralegal experience, preferably in a large law firm setting. This is a full-time position.Qualifications:

• Prior experience in Civil Commercial Litigation or Insurance Defense preferred.
• Experience in litigation support, case management, and new matter intake process.
• Familiarity with Louisiana State and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
• Experience in court eFiling for both state (eFile Louisiana) and federal jurisdictions.
• 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.
• Experience drafting and organizing discovery – both written discovery and document production.
• Experience with Summation Pro, Relativity or comparable eDiscovery litigation support software is a plus.
• Experience with ESI (Electronically Stored Information) is a plus.
• Excellent analytical and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational and technical skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Key Responsibilities:

• Communicate professionally, productively, and efficiently with clients, contacts, attorneys, other paralegals, and all other professional staff.
• Provide support to attorneys with drafting pleadings, eFiling, conducting factual and legal research, document review/analysis, preparing productions, and preparing for hearings, depositions, and mediations.
• Review, gather, and organize client documents from production to discovery.
• Assist with preparing pleadings, discovery requests, and responses.
• Provide general office support, maintain and organize files, scan/copy documents, maintain calendars, prepare expense reports, and coordinate internal/external meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.

The firm offers a friendly, business casual environment with competitive compensation and a full benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, PTO, Disability, Parental Leave and Life Insurance.For consideration, please submit a cover letter and resume.Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani is an equal opportunity employer.No recruiter emails or telephone calls.Disclaimer: Reposting positions from this website does not authorize search firms or other third parties to directly solicit candidates on the firm’s behalf or represent a relationship with the firm. Agencies must sign GRSM’s fee agreement. The firm’s search agreements are specific to individuals and groups who will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Candidates submitted by a search firm without an executed search firm agreement will not be considered as an applicant. For consideration, please send a detailed blind profile of your candidate to: [email protected].