# Litigation Paralegal

**Company**: Morgan & Morgan
**Location**: Sacramento, California
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $70,000-$115,000 USD
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Legal

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## Description

At Morgan & Morgan, the work we do matters. For millions of Americans, we're their last line of defense against insurance companies, large corporations or defective goods.

This role will work closely with a lead attorney and legal assistant. This position comes with competitive pay and a generous bonus plan.

Responsibilities:

- Prepare legal documents including pleadings, motions, affidavits, complaints, legal memoranda

- E-file all court documents in state and federal court

- Communicate with clients, court, counsel, and others

- Conduct legal research and factual investigation

- Prepare discovery documents, interrogatories, and responses

- Draft and serve summons

- Coordinate and summarize depositions

- Prepare trial binders and exhibits

- Draft pleadings, motions and appellate documents and file them with the court

- Perform administrative duties (calendar hearings and deadlines, organize case files, manage logistics)

- Maintain pleadings and discovery indexes

- Organize exhibits, documents, evidence, briefs, and appendices

- Aid attorney with interrogatories and other discovery requests

- Gather relevant information from a variety of sources

- Liaise between trial teams and internal/external third parties

- Witness preparation

- Assist with case settlements

Qualifications:

- Associate degree, certificate, or equivalent work experience (preferred)

- 2+ years of litigation experience (required)

- Completion of a nationally accredited paralegal program (preferred)

- Experience in Personal Injury, WC, Premises, or other injury related practice areas (preferred)

- Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and manage workload with a positive attitude and minimal supervision

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, proficient in calendaring depositions, mediations, and hearings

- Applicable knowledge of motions, discovery, evidence, litigation documentation, court rules, and procedures

- Highly organized with the ability to juggle multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment

- Extensive computer and database expertise; Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and type no less than 35 wpm

Benefits:

- Medical and dental insurance

- 401(k) plan

- Paid time off and paid holidays

## Skills

### Required
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- Outlook
- legal research
- factual investigation
- communication
- organization

### Nice to have
- Associate degree
- certificate
- nationally accredited paralegal program
- Personal Injury
- WC
- Premises

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