Litigation Paralegal- 3483949
15 days ago
Chattanooga
Job Description Job Title: Litigation Paralegal Location: Chattanooga, TN 37402 Salary/Payrate: $35–$45/hour (depending on experience) Work Environment: Onsite with flexible hours Term: 5+ Month Contract with possible opportunity of conversion Parking: Parking attached with easy access Holidays: Closed Thanksgiving Thursday and Friday, half-day Christmas Eve, closed Christmas Thursday and Friday, closed New Year’s Day Referral Fee: $500 - should your referral start with our client JOB DESCRIPTION #LI-FL1 About the Role We are seeking an experienced Litigation Paralegal to join a collaborative and supportive litigation team in Chattanooga. This role focuses on general labor and employment litigation and offers hands-on experience supporting attorneys in a busy litigation department. The ideal candidate is confident, detail-oriented, and comfortable asking questions to ensure tasks are handled accurately and efficiently. Key Responsibilities • Draft and prepare legal documents, correspondence, and pleadings, • Organize and maintain discovery documents, exhibits, case notebooks, and deposition summaries, • Manage filing and recording of documents with courts and other official entities, • Maintain client files, emails, and electronic workspaces, • Support trial preparation, including exhibit binders and case management tasks, • Utilize litigation support software and case management systems, • Assist with document production and e-discovery processes, • Collect and manage electronic and hard copy evidence, • Ensure compliance with legal procedures and e-discovery requirements, • Perform additional tasks as needed to support the litigation team Qualifications • Paralegal certification from an accredited program highly preferred, • Bachelor’s degree required, • 3–5+ years of experience with general litigation; firm is not looking for domestic, criminal, personal injury, or medical malpractice backgrounds, • Drafting of legal documents, correspondence, memos, etc., • Drafting various pleadings and incorporation of documents, • Trial preparation to include organizing discovery documents, preparing exhibits, bates labeling, organization of client files, etc., • Filing and recording documents with the appropriate offices/courts, • Maintaining client documents and emails in client workspaces, • Preparation of case notebooks and deposition summaries, • Ability to utilize computer programs designed for case management, • Manages litigation support and information management systems; compliant with ediscovery rules and regulations, • Manages document production process – hard copy, electronic, etc., • Assists with the collection of materials, hard copy, electronic data and physical evidence, • Designs and implements document review systems, tracks materials through the process, • Manages logistics of production of documents – hard copy & images, • Makes relevant documents and information quickly and easily available, • Designs and manages databases (e.g. Relativity and Trial Director 360), • Other duties as assigned