Litigation Paralegal

The role

Ashurst Perkins Coie is seeking a Litigation Paralegal with 7-10 years of experience to join their Washington D.C. office. The role will focus on supporting complex commercial litigation matters, including managing discovery, preparing for depositions, and providing trial support.

What you'll do

• Understand the substantive, technical, and legal issues, make informed relevance and discovery decisions, and provide clear status updates and strategic solutions to the case team
• Build strong working relationships and communicate effectively with attorneys, staff, leadership, and client teams at all levels
• Apply a strong command of litigation, civil procedure, court rules, and standing orders
• Train, coach, and mentor paralegals and support staff
• Exercise sound judgment in budgeting and forecasting while leveraging strong leadership, project management, initiative, and problem-solving skills to deliver results
• Maintain accurate time and billing records
• Coordinate and attend client meetings, hearings, and trials
• Travel as needed
• Drive the coordination and support of commercial litigation matters
• Lead discovery management
• Prepare for and schedule depositions
• Provide pretrial and trial support for state and federal proceedings
• Manage other key case management responsibilities

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