Practice Group Assistant
On-siteKansas City, Missouri, United States
Job Summary
Manage multiple cases and documents from start to trial, drafting routine legal documents and communicating with clients and subject matter experts. Collect documents from various sources, organize medium and large case document collections, and review, analyze, and summarize materials. Assist with deposition preparation by gathering exhibits and support trial readiness by organizing pretrial documents, files, and supporting materials. Manage exhibits, assist witnesses, and handle docketing and filing with courts while conducting document searches and factual research. Requires a paralegal certificate, bachelor's degree, and proficiency in Westlaw, Lexis, and litigation software like Relativity.
Required Qualifications
- Paralegal Certificate
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience as a litigation paralegal
Desired Qualifications
- Recent college graduates
- Individuals interested in the paralegal profession
- Strong knowledge of court rules
- Docketing and filing with courts
- Conduct various document searches
- Factual research
- Experience in all phases of the litigation process
- Ability to effectively set priorities
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to manage multiple projects
- Ability to search database programs
- Organizing documents
- Summarizing documents
- Categorizing documents
- Excellent organizational skills
- Detail-oriented
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Adaptability to changing priorities
- Flexibility
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to interact with all levels of firm personnel
- Ability to interact with court personnel
- Ability to interact with clients
- Ability to interact with other counsel
- Ability to interact with vendors
- Ability to troubleshoot issues
- Ability to create solutions
- Proficient in Microsoft Word
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel
- Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint
- Knowledge of Westlaw
- Knowledge of Lexis
- Experience with Relativity
- Experience with CaseMap
- Experience with Trial Director
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