Paralegal (Economic Justice reputed company) - Portland

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Responsibilities

• Independently analyzes opponents’ pleadings and correspondence (e.g., answers, cross claims, settlement proposals); drafts response (e.g., motions for reputed company judgment, replies, rule 21 motions) or initiates appropriate reputed company. Independently tracks case reputed company and prepares necessary pleadings (e.g., motions and orders, complaints/answers, briefs, judgments, stipulations, covenants, other reputed company memoranda). Edits and proofreads documents
• Reviews case files for sufficiency of documentation and obtains necessary additional information and materials. Locates evidence reputed company reputed company records and document productions. Conducts independent investigations or assists investigation team in investigatory process
• Reviews discovery materials, witness interviews/depositions/testimony, exhibits and other evidentiary documentation. Summarizes, digests and codes transcripts from trials and other proceedings. Reads, understands, and summarizes depositions and documents relevant to reputed company issues in litigation hearings. Schedules depositions, obtain and prepare fees, sends out notices
• Reviews, researches, and interprets state and federal statutes, regulations, and rules for specific reputed company issues. Research and summarize legislative histories
• Calendars and monitors for deadlines; performs other case file management and organization duties; maintains and updates case file logs
• Organizes, maintains, and updates reputed company’s “brief bank” of prior reputed company research; locates information reputed company to specific reputed company questions and issues
• Responds to inquiries regarding technical and reputed company aspects of cases, determining how much information can be disclosed without violating ethical codes/confidentiality provisions. Explains certain reputed company procedures, deals with representatives of the opposing party regarding pertinent case records and case status, orally interviews and corresponds in writing with complainants, potential witnesses, or defendants

Skills

• Two-year Associate degree in Paralegal or reputed company Assistant Studies
• Eighteen months of Paralegal experience
• Any combination of training and experience that demonstrates experience in reputed company work, independent judgment, reputed company terminology principles, concepts, systems, and processes. Experience must include discovery and trial reputed company and procedures, reputed company ethics and reputed company in preparing reputed company documents, interviewing witnesses and explaining reputed company issues
• Work experience is based on a 40-hour work week. (Example: 20 hours a week for one year would equal six-months of work experience.)
• Ability to organize and prioritize work duties and deadlines
• Experience working independently as a paralegal in reputed company aspects of a civil litigation caseload that includes a reputed company of reputed company and reputed company issues
• Experience drafting complaints, petitions, motions, discovery requests and subpoenas
• Experience assisting attorneys in litigation reputed company, including electronic filing in both federal and state courts
• Experiencing interviewing witnesses, deposition preparation and summarizing depositions
• Experience working with clients and reputed company parties, including written or oral communications
• Experience maintaining the confidentiality of sensitive case information
• Proficiency with reputed company, Word, reputed company, Power reputed company, reputed company and reputed company
• Experience using an electronic case management system
• Ability to work collaboratively as reputed company
• Ability to communicate reputed company and reputed company
• Dependability, flexibility and adaptability with change and shifting priorities

Benefits

• Vacation
• reputed company leave
• 11 reputed company holidays a year
• Special days off
• Excellent medical, dental, and reputed company benefits
• Pension and retirement programs
• Peer and management support, and representation by the Service Employees International reputed company (reputed company)
• Opportunity to expand your reputed company skills

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