Personal Injury Litigation Paralegal

Job Description

Job Description

Required Qualifications

· 3–5 years of litigation paralegal experience.

· Qualification as a paralegal under California Business and Professions Code section 6450 .

· Experience with California civil litigation procedures, court rules, calendaring, filings, service, discovery, and litigation deadlines.

· Strong drafting, proofreading, document organization, and case management skills.

· Ability to manage multiple matters, deadlines, and priorities with careful attention to detail.

· Professional judgment, discretion, and ability to handle confidential client and case information.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Supportive, team-oriented work environment
• Paid time off and holidays
• Opportunity for long-term growth with an established Sacramento firm
• 401K
• Health insurance
• Free parking
• Flexible schedule

Your Role

· Assist attorneys with personal injury and related litigation matters.

· Prepare, organize, and maintain case files, pleadings, discovery, correspondence, exhibits, medical and financial records.

· Draft, proofread, and revise pleadings, notices, discovery requests and responses, subpoenas, correspondence, exhibit lists, chronologies, and other litigation documents for attorney review.

· Coordinate and track court deadlines, discovery deadlines, hearing dates, mediation dates, trial preparation deadlines, and other litigation milestones.

· File and serve documents in California state courts, on occasion federal court, and coordinate with court clerks, process servers, vendors, experts, and opposing counsel.

· Assist with written discovery, document collection, document review, production preparation, deposition preparation, and deposition exhibit organization.

· Support attorneys in preparing for hearings, mediations, settlement conferences, depositions, arbitrations, and trial.

· Summarize pleadings, discovery responses, deposition testimony, medical records, financial documents, accounting, and other case materials.

· Communicate professionally with clients, witnesses, court personnel, vendors, and opposing counsel under attorney supervision.

· Maintain accurate records, calendars, task lists, and case status updates.

· Strong written and verbal communication skills.

· Proficiency with common legal technology, document management systems, e-filing platforms, Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, and litigation support tools.

· Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with attorneys, staff, clients, and outside vendors.

Work Arrangement

This is a full-time position based in our Sacramento, California office . Work arrangements and schedule can be negotiated but may depend on case needs, court deadlines, client meetings, team coordination, and firm policy.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

We are an established personal injury law firm in Sacramento seeking a skilled and motivated paralegal with at least two years of personal injury experience. Our firm prides itself on providing attentive client service while efficiently managing high-quality legal work. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, highly organized, and able to manage a busy litigation caseload from filing through trial.

Company Description

We are an established personal injury law firm in Sacramento seeking a skilled and motivated paralegal with at least two years of personal injury experience. Our firm prides itself on providing attentive client service while efficiently managing high-quality legal work. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, highly organized, and able to manage a busy litigation caseload from filing through trial.