Litigation Paralegal - Avata Partners (a Division of ZOE Holding)

Avata Partners is seeking a litigation paralegal for a large firm in Oakland, CA. This role will be reporting to the Director of Administration and will support multiple attorneys with case management, document production and trial prep. This is a full- time, hybrid, non-exempt position with excellent benefits.  
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Oversee case management from inception through trial/settlement and post-trial/post-settlement;
• Draft, review, and revise legal documents; Cite-check briefs;
• Manage case documents, including email and electronic files; update discovery logs and indices;
• Handle document review and use e-discovery technology and document review tools, prepare sets of documents to be produced and perform key-term searches over that data and ability to train other team members;
• Support and manage document productions;
• Assist with deposition and hearing preparation
• Bates stamp exhibits, prepare spreadsheets and flash drives, hyperlink PDFs, review litigation dockets, and ensure dates are calendared correctly;
• Draft and arrange for service of subpoenas;
• Obtain case-related documents from third parties;
• Coordinate litigation support vendors;
• Monitor pending decisions and conduct legal research;
• Satisfy an annual 1575 billable hour budget and completed billable time entries and timecards timely
• Assist with document review and back-end database management using Concordance;
• Maintain regular, reliable, and punctual attendance (3 days on-site);
• Must be able to work in a professional office environment, as well as be able to effectively work remotely if required.
• Work overtime hours as needed;
• Travel as required for case support;
• Maintain composure and work efficiently and accurately during stressful, high-energy circumstances involving frequently changing priorities;
• Demonstrate excellent customer support;
• Work cordially, cooperatively and productively with Firm employees; and

• Construction industry experience and/or work in a construction-related legal practice;
• Strong technical eDiscovery skills;
• Prior experience using Trial Director;
• Trial experience; and experience with iPro, Relativity, Disco and other data management systems.