Job Description

The Miami office of Clyde & Co seeks an experienced Paralegal to support our insurance coverage practice group. This thriving practice represents US and foreign insurance companies in complex, high value and high-profile coverage litigation and market conduct (bad faith) matters throughout the United States. They focus on commercial general liability, commercial property (business interruption, pollution), errors and omissions (lawyers, agents, and accountants) and directors and officers.

Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Review court dockets; pull court filings from PACER and other court databases
• Conduct various document searches, background investigations, litigation history checks, corporate and factual research
• Initial drafting of written discovery for attorney review/revisions
• Review and summarize written discovery responses from opposing parties
• Summarize various documents and/or pleadings, prepare timeline/chronology
• Download document productions, save to firm system, and liaise with vendors to upload to document review platforms
• Review and tag documents in review platform
• Redact documents, Bates label, burn discs, and coordinate document production
• Ensure compliance with ESI stipulations and protocols
• Prepare privilege logs
• Log incoming and outgoing document productions
• Prepare witness packs for depositions; organize document notebooks for attorney review
• Prepare exhibits for examinations under oath, depositions, motions, hearings, and trial
• Summarize transcripts of examinations under oath and depositions
• Send documents to experts and keep detailed logs regarding same
• Prepare and update bordereau of claims, reporting status and recent developments every 30-45 days
• This position plays an intricate role in the day-to-day operations as the paralegal will assist with case management, legal document preparation and case strategy leading to trial. Trial preparation experience is a must
• Preparation of pleadings, discovery demands, discovery responses, trial lists, and other litigation documents
• Intake and organization of voluminous document production received from clients, opposing parties, and non-parties
• Prepare materials for depositions, hearings, mediations, and trials to assist attorneys.
• Meet monthly billing requirements
• Manage calendar to ensure compliance with all discovery and trial deadlines

Required Qualifications

• 7-10 years litigation experience; insurance coverage litigation background preferred
• Proficient organizational, oral and written communication, and analytical skills
• Ability to learn quickly and perform in a fast-paced environment
• Experienced with e-filing and e-service in multiple jurisdictions
• Creative problem solver who takes initiative to accomplish tasks with a minimal level of supervision
• Experienced with a variety of computer applications, document review platforms, and internet programs: Microsoft Suite (particularly Excel), Outlook, FileSite, Relativity, Westlaw and/or Lexis
• Bachelor’s degree or Paralegal certificate
• Defense Litigation including insurance defense experience, construction defect, bodily injury, premises liability and complex litigation are preferred and trial experience

Clyde & Co is a leading, sector-focused global law firm with 440 partners, 1800 lawyers, 2500 legal professionals, and 4000 staff in over 50 offices and associated offices worldwide. The firm specializes in the sectors that move, build and power our connected world and the insurance that underpins it, including: transport, infrastructure, energy, trade & commodities and insurance. With a strong focus on developed and emerging markets, the firm has achieved compound average annual revenue growth of 15% over the last ten years, making it one of the fastest-growing law firms in the world with ambitious plans for further growth.

It is the policy of the Firm to recruit, hire, promote, reassign, compensate and train highly qualified persons without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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Job Types: Full-Time. Job Tags: litigation and Paralegal.

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