Litigation Legal Assistant

We are looking for a Litigation Legal Assistant with 5+ years of litigation experience to support three attorney desks in CDF Labor Law's San Francisco office. You'll own calendaring and state and federal e-filing for those attorneys. CDF is a California-wide labor and employment boutique whose founders came from AmLaw 100 firms, and its five offices work as one team. Every legal assistant is cross-trained and closely supported by a Director of Legal Ops who spent 16 years as a legal assistant herself.

What will you be doing?

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  Supporting 3 litigation attorneys' desks, working directly with the Office Managing Partner and the Director of Legal Operations

  
  


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  Owning desk-level calendaring in Milana: researching court, local and judge's rules and cross-checking deadlines (the firm has no central docketing team)

  
  


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  E-filing in state and federal courts, including tables of authorities, bookmarking exhibits, redacting and Bates stamping

  
  


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  Working with legal assistants and attorneys in all five offices on shared cases, and sending document shells and overflow work to the remote legal support team

  
  


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  Handling admin work such as travel arrangements, expense reports and entering attorney time

  
  

Key Requirements

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  5+ years as a legal assistant or paralegal in litigation (only litigation experience counts; time in non-litigation practice areas does not)

  
  


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  Strong e-filing experience in both California state and federal courts

  
  


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  Hands-on calendaring with docketing software such as Milana, eDockets or CompuLaw, plus experience researching court rules

  
  


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  Close attention to detail: in the interview you'll do a scenario test where you review documents and spot obvious errors

  
  


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  Stable job history (several stints of 2 years or less are a red flag) and skill with MS Office 365. A bachelor's degree is preferred but not required; a paralegal certificate isn't needed