Job Title: Litigation Paralegal
Location: Remote in Texas (Preference for candidates to be located in Dallas TX 75201)
Salary/Payrate: 90-110K
Work Environment: Remote with travel for trials
Term: Fulltime
Bachelor’s degree required: No
Referral Fee: AMS will pay $500 should the person you refer gets hired
Job Description:
Key Responsibilities
- Manage litigation matters and deadlines from filing through resolution and trial
- Anticipate attorney and case needs rather than waiting for individual assignments
- Maintain calendars, deadlines, discovery schedules, hearing dates, and trial-related deadlines
- Draft and prepare pleadings, discovery, correspondence, notices, subpoenas, and other litigation documents
- Coordinate and assist with written discovery, document production, deposition preparation, and case organization
- Organize and maintain electronic case files so information is complete, accurate, and readily accessible
- Prepare attorneys for hearings, depositions, mediations, and trials
- Assist with trial preparation, including exhibits, witness materials, trial notebooks, demonstratives, and supporting documents
- Coordinate filings and ensure compliance with applicable court procedures and deadlines
- Communicate professionally with clients, courts, opposing counsel, experts, vendors, and other parties
- Review cases proactively to identify upcoming needs, missing information, potential issues, and deadlines
- Follow assignments through completion and proactively communicate status, obstacles, or risks
- Manage multiple active matters while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail
- Identify opportunities to improve litigation workflows, organization, and efficiency
What our client is Looking For
- Significant paralegal experience in a litigation environment
- Texas civil litigation experience, including discovery, motion practice, pretrial deadlines, and trial preparation.
- Hands-on trial preparation and trial support experience
- Strong understanding of litigation procedures, discovery, court filings, deadlines, and case management
- Demonstrated ability to independently manage responsibilities without constant direction
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Ability to look ahead, recognize what needs to happen next, and take appropriate action
- Excellent organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail
- Ability to prioritize effectively when multiple matters and deadlines compete for attention
- Comfortable asking the right questions while also exercising independent judgment
- Strong technology skills, including Microsoft Office and legal/case management systems
- Able to work independently and collaboratively in a remote environment
- Take pride in being the person the litigation team can rely on
- Follow through until something is truly complete
Trial Preparation & Courtroom Support
- Independently coordinate trial preparation from initial trial setting through verdict or judgment.
- Develop and manage trial preparation checklists, calendars, and deadlines.
- Prepare comprehensive trial notebooks, exhibit binders, witness binders, and attorney reference materials.
- Organize, label, Bates-number, and maintain trial exhibits, including exhibit lists and admission tracking.
- Coordinate witness preparation, subpoenas, deposition designations, and expert witness materials.
- Prepare deposition summaries, testimony outlines, and key document summaries for attorney review.
- Coordinate pretrial filings, exhibit exchanges, witness lists, motions in limine, and other trial-related submissions.
- Anticipate what the trial attorney will need and ensure materials are organized, accurate, and accessible before trial.
- Provide hands-on trial support, including managing exhibits, documents, witnesses, and courtroom logistics.