DWTSurge Litigation Paralegal; Remote

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is seeking an experienced litigation paralegal through the firm’s alternative-track contract attorney and staffing program, DWTSurge. The selected paralegal will work with the firm’s Litigation practice to support medium- to large-scale litigation matters, primarily class action matters for the firm’s institutional clients. The role requires advanced skills in case management, legal and factual research, discovery, and trial preparation.

for the firm’s institutional clients. The selected paralegal may work remotely but should be prepared to support West Coast business hours.

The selected paralegal will coordinate and collaborate with legal secretaries, legal assistants, administrative staff, clerks, and other professionals on client-related work. The selected paralegal will use modern legal technology to improve litigation workflows and deliver exceptional client service. Success in this role requires excellent analytical, organizational, communication, and case management skills, along with sound judgment, initiative, creativity, and exceptional attention to detail.

Experience proposing and implementing process improvements is preferred.

• Proactively serve as the central point for litigation team communications and centralized repository for information on assignments, deadlines, and status updates
• Review and analyze complex documents and evidence related to class action claims
• Collaborate with legal secretaries and docketing personnel to ensure that applicable calendar systems contain accurate and current information
• Oversee the creation, indexing, and ongoing maintenance of complex case files and document collections
• Proofread legal memoranda to identify and correct typographical and grammatical errors; verify citations to legal authorities and evidence for accuracy and compliance with The Bluebook and/or specific court requirements; verify history of cited cases
• Coordinate and manage court filings in paper or electronic form, as required by specific jurisdictional requirements

• Perform complex legal and fact research and analysis; retrieve and review materials from clients, opposing parties, public agencies, courts, libraries, and other sources; research case, statutory and/or regulatory law; prepare memoranda or summaries documenting research
• Create and maintain collections of documents, including witness files, subject and issue files, experts’ reliance documents, etc.
• Prepare initial drafts of discovery requests, discovery responses, pleadings, memoranda, and other legal documents, as appropriate
• Assist with the collection of documents from client and other parties’; maintain detailed tracking of document collections; work with practice support to ensure defensible collection of electronic documents and files
• Stay current on developments in class action law, rules, and procedures
• Assist with initial review of client documents to determine responsiveness and relevance and to identify confidential documents or documents protected by attorney-client privilege; prepare privilege logs
• Perform complex database searches to locate and retrieve documents
• Prepare exhibits for use at depositions and maintain a system to track marked exhibits
• Manage the collection and status of deposition transcripts; perform searches in the deposition full-text database; summarize deposition transcripts

• Assist with trial, arbitration, mediation, or deposition proceedings (tasks include, but are not limited to: preparation of exhibit and witness lists, designations of deposition testimony, preparation of the trial brief)
• Coordinate logistics with court personnel and other counsel
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