Litigation Paralegal

Greenblum & Bernstein is a mid-size Intellectual Property law boutique located in Reston, VA, representing companies all over the world. They are seeking a full-time experienced litigation Paralegal to assist attorneys with various litigation matters, including document management and legal research.

Responsibilities

• Assisting attorneys with litigation matters, including document and file management such as interacting with web-based document service providers and handling document ingest from client files into the database as well as document productions during the course of the litigation; assistance in drafting pleadings and document discovery; assisting in legal research; reviewing/monitoring incoming correspondence and preparing outgoing correspondence
• Experience in patent and/or trademark federal district court litigation a plus
• Assisting attorneys with filing, docketing, and handling post grant proceedings before the USPTO
• Organizing, managing, and updating client files and pleadings, ECF filing papers in Federal Court
• Scheduling and tracking depositions and filing deadlines
• Providing administrative and back-up support to team and department for coverage and project assistance as needed

Skills

• Associates or Bachelor's degree
• Minimum 1-3 years district court litigation experience
• Excellent communication (oral and written) skills
• Organizational skills
• Ability to work in an environment with due dates
• Attention to detail
• Reliable regarding attendance
• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint)
• Web-based document management systems
• File management
• Calendaring
• Adobe and other software
• Patent litigation experience
• Paralegal Certificate or equivalent

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