Litigation Legal Assistant

About the company

Our client is a law firm.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Give litigation attorneys hands-on support across their calendars, court filings and document preparation. The work centers on deadline management, electronic filing in state and federal courts, and general office administration. The position begins on-site for a training period, then moves to hybrid.

What you'll do

• Support three litigation attorneys with day-to-day desk work.
• Maintain the attorneys' deadline schedules by reviewing each court's procedures and verifying every date against the docket.
• Prepare and e-file court documents, including tables of authorities, exhibit bookmarks, redactions and Bates stamps.
• Coordinate with legal assistants and attorneys across several offices on shared matters, and send document templates and overflow work to a remote support team.
• Handle administrative tasks such as travel bookings, expense reports and attorney time entry.
• Perform other administrative duties as assigned.

Requirements

What we're looking for

• 3+ years as a litigation legal assistant or paralegal, with non-litigation experience not counting.
• Strong e-filing experience in both state and federal courts.
• Practical experience keeping deadlines in legal docketing tools, along with familiarity with how courts set their procedures.
• Experience preparing documents for court filing and building litigation document templates such as master captions, motions and discovery.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work on-site five days a week during the initial training period, then hybrid.

Bonus points

• Experience in employment law.
• A bachelor's degree, though not required.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

• Base salary: $85K to $95K

Location and work model

• San Francisco, CA, United States
• Hybrid, with five days in-office during the 90-day training period
• Full-time