Posted: 11-Jan-23
Location: Little Rock , Arkansas
Type: Full Time
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DLA Piper LLP (US) is a leading global business law firm. We are committed to attracting, developing, and retaining the best people across our practice and business service groups. We are looking for collaborative, results-oriented people who enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and have exceptional problem-solving skills.
If you are a highly talented Sr. Paralegal interested in supporting our Litigation practice group, we want to hear from you!
This position is located in Little Rock, Arkansas, and offers a hybrid remote opportunity.
Paralegals are a critical part of DLA Piper’s client service teams, working side by side with lawyers, co-counsel, and clients on an array of substantive client matters. The majority of our paralegals are career professionals. They work independently and on teams, locally, nationally, and globally.
The paralegal team itself includes Case Assistants, Paralegals, Senior Paralegals, and Paralegal Specialists. We offer ample opportunities for advancement and career development through formal and informal training and mentoring and provide many opportunities to give back to our communities through pro bono work.
What will your day look like?
Under the supervision of attorneys, you will perform a range of substantive case, matter, or entity-related duties. You will prepare drafts of legal and other documents and correspondence for attorney review and compile, analyze and summarize information. You will assist attorneys in your home office and in offices across the firm, coordinating efforts between attorneys, clients, outside legal counsel, opposing legal counsel, other parties, and outside vendors.
You will perform searches, download documents, and articulate production needs to litigation support. You will also anticipate the needs of attorneys, exercise sound independent judgment, and mentor case assistants and junior paralegals. You will have a complete understanding of the interdependence of the Firm’s practice groups. You will have excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills to interact with staff, paralegals, attorneys, and clients on a daily basis.
To learn more about DLA Piper, please visit our website.
We offer exceptional career opportunities in an environment that is challenging, rewarding, and, we believe, truly different from our competitors. Our employees enjoy a competitive benefits package and a dynamic and diverse environment in which they can build a long and fruitful career and reap the rewards of their success.
Agency applications will not be considered.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree or Paralegal Certificate
- 6 years’ of Paralegal experience in Litigation
- Strong skills in Word, Excel, and Outlook
- In-depth knowledge of practice area and generally performs with little supervision
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail to handle multiple projects and assignments at once
- Solid technical skills necessary to set up, track and maintain matters
- Ability and experience with conducting fact-gathering and analyzing information
- Advanced knowledge of practice area rules and procedures
- Ability to identify interrelationships among cases, statutes, regulations, and other legal authorities
- Understanding of the litigation life cycle for both sides (filing complaint, discovery, motion practice, trial, and appeal)
- Understanding of Federal, State, and local rules of procedure as well as court filing procedures, electronic and hard copy
Preferred Requirements:
- Ability to coordinate out-of-town trials with trial vendors and lodging
- Proficient in cite-checking by shepherdizing cases in Westlaw and/or Lexis, quote checking for accuracy, and proofreading for typos
- Knowledge of TextMap and how it used
- Knowledge of Relativity and basic terminology
- Trial experience – including pretrial disclosures and in-courtroom experience
- Ability to organize and maintain document databases/Document Productions
