Litigation Paralegal (Experienced)
Law Firm
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Position Type: Full-time
Practice Area: Plaintiff Personal Injury Litigation
Our client is seeking an experienced, highly organized, and proactive Personal Injury Litigation Paralegal to join their growing litigation team. This role is ideal for a litigation professional who is confident managing a high-volume caseload, understands plaintiff-side personal injury litigation, and enjoys working closely with attorneys to move cases efficiently from filing through resolution, trial, or appeal.
The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, self-sufficient, and comfortable handling litigation matters involving arbitration and exempt cases, discovery, depositions, trial preparation, post-trial proceedings, and appeals. This position requires strong communication skills, excellent judgment, and a commitment to delivering exceptional service to clients throughout the litigation process.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Litigation Case Management
- Manage plaintiff-side personal injury litigation files from filing through resolution.
- Assist attorneys during all phases of litigation, including discovery, depositions, arbitration, trial preparation, trial, post-trial proceedings, and appeals.
- Track and calendar litigation deadlines, hearings, depositions, trial dates, court appearances, and case milestones.
- Maintain organized electronic case files and ensure the case management system is accurate and up to date.
- Work closely with attorneys to move cases efficiently toward settlement, arbitration, trial, or other resolution.
Legal Drafting & Document Preparation
- Draft, prepare, proofread, and properly format pleadings, discovery, motions, correspondence, exhibits, subpoenas, and other legal documents.
- Prepare and respond to written discovery.
- Organize medical records, medical bills, liens, damages documentation, and supporting evidence.
- Assist with research, writing, and analysis related to litigation strategy and case development.
Trial & Hearing Preparation
- Assist with trial preparation, including exhibit lists, witness lists, trial binders, subpoenas, and pretrial documents.
- Coordinate witnesses, experts, medical providers, and other case participants.
- Prepare materials for hearings, depositions, arbitrations, mediations, and trial.
- Support attorneys before, during, and after trial proceedings.
Communication & Client Service
- Communicate professionally with clients, adjusters, medical providers, experts, defense counsel, court personnel, and other parties.
- Provide timely updates to clients and help ensure they understand the litigation process.
- Follow up consistently with clients, providers, experts, and opposing counsel to keep cases moving forward.
- Maintain the highest level of professionalism, confidentiality, and client care.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Qualifications:
Required
- Three or more years of litigation experience, preferably in plaintiff-side personal injury.
- Strong understanding of Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure, civil litigation procedures, and plaintiff litigation workflows.
- Experience with medical records, billing, liens, damages documentation, and case support materials.
- Strong legal drafting, proofreading, research, writing, and analytical skills.
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision in a high-volume environment.
- High level of professionalism, confidentiality, attention to detail, and teamwork.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
- Experience using a legal case management system.
Preferred
- Paralegal Certificate, Associate Degree in Paralegal Studies, or equivalent legal experience.
- Nevada Notary Public certification.
- Plaintiff personal injury trial preparation experience.
- Experience with arbitration and exempt cases.
Compensation & Benefits:
- Health Insurance: medical, dental and vision
- Supplemental insurance plans offered through Aflac.
- 401(k) matching retirement plan
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Paid Holidays
- Supportive team environment focused on client success.
Expected Hours of Work: Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Salary Range: $30 - $36, depends on experience (DOE)