Litigation/eDiscovery Paralegal
Litigation/eDiscovery Paralegal
Dallas, Texas
|Full Time
|$ 65,000 - $ 85,000 per year
Dallas, Texas
Full Time
$ 65,000 - $ 85,000 per year
October 02, 2024
|Job ID: DALLT#1385366_1727880922
October 02, 2024
Job ID: DALLT#1385366_1727880922
Job Summary
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Beacon Hill Legal is seeking a Litigation Paralegal with ediscovery experience for our client a Texas Litigation Firm. This position is 100% in office located in the heart of Downtown Dallas
Skills
- E-data: assisting with decisions for collection, budgeting, review, managing document reviews
- Databases: we use Viewpoint, occasionally Relativity or Disco; if applicant does not know Viewpoint
- but has a lot of experience in another database, they should be fine if they are open-minded and willing to learn
- Pacer: filing with court; e-File Texas
- Research: Pacer, background searches (we use TLO), Westlaw (or Lexis); obtaining information from
- smaller courts; e-file/Re:Search Texas
- Excel: used frequently, but not complicated formulas, mostly for information for cases
- Adobe: used frequently for redacting, bates labeling, combining documents, bookmarking
- Description of Work
- Desired five years of litigation experience as a paralegal; white collar crime field is a plus but not
- necessary (we do civil litigation, tax, and white-collar criminal defense)
- Assist with data collection decisions and give direction, working with clients and vendor
- Must be familiar with e-discovery best practices
- Ability to estimate discovery costs, budget, and negotiate with vendors
- Interviewing clients regarding location of data and collection of documents
- In databases, able to see the overall/high view picture, then organize the database as needed, creating
- searches, filtering, manage reviews; database work will involve much more than reviewing documents!
- In the white collar/government investigation side, we handle many cases that may come in small: data
- and documents will need to be organized, indexed, and maintained so we can go back to them in two
- years if there is more investigation or indictment.
- Ideal Candidate
- Pro-Active and self starter - BUT ability to use good judgment is essential.
- Flexible: will not be ruffled by multiple urgent requests and switching gears or learning new things.
- Sometimes we get involved in tax cases, reviewing and organizing documents, responding to IDR
- requests; tax knowledge is not required, but must be open to learning
- Able to communicate with attorneys and move the case along as far as data collection and review,
- responding to subpoenas, discovery, etc. Not tentative to prompt attorneys and get things going, but at the same time using good judgment.
- Assertive; confident in knowledge of data and litigation process
- Will be working sometimes as a team but many times you will be working alone
- Adhering to a few processes that have proven to work; yet you will be allowed some autonomy in managing your cases
- Must be able to travel to out-of-town trials on occasion; some trials can be up to two months, put possibly longer. However, we may go years without going to trial.
- Experience in setting up war room and conducting every part of the arrangements for trial: movers,
- supplies, setting up work stations; negotiating with hotels; working with court coordinator for setup;
- working with vendor who handles exhibit display
- Outside of trial, occasional overtime sometimes necessary - but not too often
Education:
Bachelor's Degree or Paralegal Certificate (ABA approved program)
E-Discovery advanced experience is ESSENTIAL
E-Discovery certification OR willing to take ACEDS e-discovery course and maintain certification with CLE
DALLT#1385366_1727880922
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About Beacon Hill
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