Environmental Paralegal

Description

Responsibilities:

• Researching and writing summaries of new judicial, administrative, legislative, and regulatory developments.
• Working with Environment Practice Group attorneys to prepare and edit materials for business development projects.
• Assisting attorneys in the Environmental Practice Group with the preparation of client alerts, presentations, articles, books, and book chapters and with various projects to track legislative, regulatory, and judicial developments.
• Arranging for case logistics, copy requests, and document organization.
• Researching and monitoring current and developing cases.
• Researching case authorities and background material for attorney review.
• Providing attorneys with general organizational support and other administrative duties.
• Establishing and maintaining case files, document collections and chronologies.
• Conducting computer searches, research and case management functions on client databases or firm resources such as Trial Director, Opus 2 Magnum, Relativity, Lexis/Nexis, Westlaw, the Internet.
• Assisting with assembly of exhibits and appendices for court papers, depositions, and trials.
• Organizing paper and electronic documents for use in depositions or trials.
• Maintaining indexes and organizing case files and workrooms.
• Indexing and organizing files for off-site storage.
• Assisting with document collection, review, and production.
• Preparing for and attending depositions, hearings, trials, and arbitrations as directed.
• Filing and obtaining documents at various courts and agencies.

Requirements:

• Four-year college degree strongly preferred.
• Excellent academic record.
• 3+ years of paralegal experience.