Litigation Paralegal

Join an exceptional team with a HEART that treasures high standards, excellence, and empathy. Our Personal Injury Law Firm in Sugar Land is expanding and actively seeking a Bilingual (Spanish) Litigation Paralegal with at least 5 years of experience in plaintiff litigation. The perfect candidate is passionate about advancing their career and our practice, embraces open and honest communication, and exudes positivity, integrity, a strong work ethic, and compassion.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather and organize documents.
• Create and respond to discovery.
• Calendar hearings.
• Communicate with clients and attorneys to create winning plans.
• Draft/respond to discovery, create DCOs, and calendar deadlines and appointments.
• Analyze evidence and reports, organize, track files.
• E-file.
• Schedule depositions.
• Prepare mediation and trial notebooks.

Character Traits

• Aggressive go-getter with hunger to plan and strategize.
• Confident yet humble, with a desire for constant growth and learning.
• Self-managing, identify issues and take initiative to solve them.
• Resourceful, thinks outside the box to get things done.
• Team player willing to help a team member, even if it doesn’t benefit you directly.
• High levels of positivity and charisma.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-growing environment.
• Strong desire to help grow the law firm.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Efficient and detail-oriented.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of litigation experience in Personal Injury.
• Bilingual (Spanish).
• Strong communication skills for positive interaction with clients, team members and the broader legal field.
• Quality-, deadline-, and detail-oriented with strong working knowledge of the Internet, Microsoft Office, calendars, video-conference software, scanners, and related tools.
• Competitive nature with a passion for exceeding personal and professional goals.
• Ability to work collaboratively and effectively, both on a team and individually, in a high-energy, growing environment.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple cases and tasks.
• Test of attention to detail: please include your favorite ice cream flavor in your application.

Other Duties

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the team member for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.

Benefits – What’s In It For You?

• Paid time off.
• Health insurance.
• Paid continued learning education (classes/material).

Work Style

Hybrid/At-office location most days, with the ability to work remotely some days after the trial period. Full-time – 8 AM – 5 PM, Monday-Friday. Promotion and leadership positions will become available for team members who demonstrate our core values.

Compensation

The salary for this role is $90,000 to $100,000 annually and is based on the requirements/experience mentioned above.