Beacon Hill's client, a mid-sized law firm, is immediately seeking a Contract Paralegal to cover a leave.

• Location: Oakland, CA 94612 (onsite preferred; hybrid may be considered)
• Start: ASAP
• Duration: Until early–late August (covering a leave)
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday
• Pay: $50-$55/hour, depending on experience

Qualifications:

• Strong litigation paralegal experience supporting discovery, subpoenas, depositions, and trial preparation
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Comfortable handling large volumes of documents, including medical records, imaging, videos, and photos

Paralegal duties include:

• Subpoenaed Records
  • Issue subpoenas for records
  • Prepare and maintain subpoena indexes
  • Follow up with attorney services and subpoenaed entities regarding record status
  • Download subpoenaed records, including CDs enclosed with imaging records
• Deposition Subpoenas
  • Prepare deposition subpoenas and notices of deposition
  • Research and confirm contact information for witnesses to be deposed
  • Coordinate with process servers for service of deposition subpoenas
  • Track and follow up with process servers regarding service status
  • Follow up directly with witnesses regarding depositions
• Discovery
  • Prepare and download document productions
  • Prepare privilege logs
• Clients
  • Coordinate with clients in the production of client documents, claim files, and related materials
  • Upon opening of a matter, obtain and send FTP links for clients to upload documents and claim files
  • Download and organize client documents on NetDocuments or shared drives, including large data files (videos, photos)
• Motion Practice
  • Identify helpful evidence obtained in discovery for motion practice
  • Coordinate and prepare exhibits to attach to evidentiary declarations
• Experts
  • Compile and send materials to experts
  • Track materials sent to experts
  • Coordinate expert conference calls, depositions, and trial testimony
  • Send, download, and organize expert files
• Summaries
  • Prepare summaries of medical and billing records
  • For MTA matters, prepare charts for memos regarding settlement authority
• Trial
  • Prepare trial binders
  • Prepare deposition transcripts for lodging with the court
  • Prepare trial exhibits
  • Prepare clips of videotape depositions