Legal Research Paralegal

Legal Research Paralegal

Kaufman & Canoles could be the perfect business law firm for you. You will find success – and great satisfaction – if your vision for your own career matches up with our core values: forward-thinking, hard-working, progressive, entrepreneurial and a can-do spirit. An energizing and professional work environment, Kaufman & Canoles offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package that includes:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Profit Sharing/401(k)
• Generous Leave Benefits
• Long-Term Disability
• Tuition Reimbursement

Kaufman & Canoles is an equal opportunity employer.

The Norfolk office of Kaufman & Canoles is seeking a full-time Legal Research Paralegal. Primary responsibility is to provide research and reference services involving legal, business and specialized information sources as well as manage the library as a department. The individual must be skilled in using a variety of databases and research tools.

Responsibilities:

• Prioritize and manage research requests which have both short- and long-term deadlines.
• Provide client development research support, including background research and competitive intelligence on current or potential clients or markets.
• Support the Records department by conducting new client background investigations.
• Evaluate new and existing contract quality and value; negotiate new and renewal contracts.
• Provide instruction and troubleshooting for library-based subscriptions.
• Maintain research team's intranet pages and presence.
• Play active role in collection development and maintenance.
• Catalog new resources.
• Track, process and pay invoices.
• Act as land records subscriptions administrator to ensure timely renewal of subscriptions and a centralized point of access.
• Accurately record billable actions in firm's time entry system.
• Cite check briefs and research memos to verify authority of cited law and ensure conformity with the Bluebook standard.
• Provide services to obtain documents from federal and state courts; act as administrative contact for e-filing accounts.
• Provide tracking services to determine final resolution of state and federal cases.
• Provide heir tracing research, searching and retrieving state land records.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of recent legal research experience, preferably with extensive knowledge of Virginia and North Carolina law and resources preferred.
• JD, MLIS or similar degree is preferred.
• Ability to work well under pressure, meet frequent deadlines, changing assignments and prioritize multiple tasks.
• Proficiency with Lexis, Lex Machina, Westlaw, Vitallaw and Bloomberg Law.
• Able to find and extrapolate important details from various sources.
• Intermediate proficiency in MS Word and Excel.
• Strong organizational skills, ability to work with minimal supervision; excellent customer service skills.
• Able to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.