The Miami office of Clyde & Co seeks a Paralegal to support our product liability practice group. This practice handles complex civil litigation matters involving all types of high exposure damages such as wrongful death, brain damage, quadriplegia, and high-risk commercial matters. Among them are products liability cases involving tires, automotive components, household appliances, construction claims, contract, and other commercial disputes. The opportunity, in this interesting and unique practice, is suited to someone who thrives within a busy, stimulating and fast-paced team environment.

Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Review court dockets; pull court filings from PACER and other court databases
• Conduct various document searches, background investigations, litigation history checks, corporate and factual research
• Initial drafting of written discovery for attorney review/revisions
• Review and summarize written discovery responses from opposing parties
• Summarize various documents and/or pleadings, prepare timeline/chronology
• Download document productions, save to firm system, and liaise with vendors to upload to document review platforms
• Review and tag documents in review platform
• Redact documents, Bates label, burn discs, and coordinate document production
• Ensure compliance with ESI stipulations and protocols
• Prepare privilege logs
• Log incoming and outgoing document productions
• Prepare witness packs for depositions; organize document notebooks for attorney review
• Prepare exhibits for examinations under oath, depositions, motions, hearings, and trial
• Summarize transcripts of examinations under oath and depositions
• Send documents to experts and keep detailed logs regarding same
• Prepare and update bordereau of claims, reporting status and recent developments every 30-45 days
• This position plays an intricate role in the day-to-day operations as the paralegal will assist with case management, legal document preparation and case strategy leading to trial, trial preparation experience is a must
• Preparation of pleadings, discovery demands, discovery responses, trial lists, and other litigation documents
• Intake and organization of voluminous document production received from clients, opposing parties, and non-parties
• Prepare materials for depositions, hearings, mediations, and trials to assist attorneys.
• Meet monthly billing requirements
• Manage calendar to ensure compliance with all discovery and trial deadlines

Required Qualifications

• Outstanding academic credentials
• Strong written and communication skills
• Intellectual curiosity
• Well-developed organization and time management skills
• Initiative
• Focus on objectives
• Ability to handle a fast-paced environment
• Willing and able to learn new software

Clyde & Co is a leading, sector-focused global law firm with 440 partners, 1800 lawyers, 2500 legal professionals, and 4000 staff in over 50 offices and associated offices worldwide. The firm specializes in the sectors that move, build and power our connected world and the insurance that underpins it, including: transport, infrastructure, energy, trade & commodities and insurance. With a strong focus on developed and emerging markets, the firm has achieved compound average annual revenue growth of 15% over the last ten years, making it one of the fastest-growing law firms in the world with ambitious plans for further growth.

It is the policy of the Firm to recruit, hire, promote, reassign, compensate and train highly qualified persons without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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