Litigation Paralegal / Legal Assistant

Pay: $45,000.00 - $50,000.00 per year

Note: This position requires employees to be on-site five days a week at the Ridgeland office.

Note: The qualified candidate for this position must have at least 2 years of experience in litigation support/paralegal or legal assistant roles involving drafting pleadings, managing medical records, and handling depositions.

About Our Client

Our client is a well-established litigation practice known for high standards, complex case work, and strong attorney support. They represent clients across diverse legal disputes and require a highly organized and diligent litigation legal assistant/paralegal to support their team.

Job Description

You will support attorneys in all phases of litigation, helping ensure cases are managed efficiently, accurately, and on deadline. Key responsibilities include:

• Drafting and preparing pleadings, motions, affidavits, discovery requests, responses, and other litigation documents
• Managing, organizing, indexing, and summarizing medical records, pleadings, exhibits, and large volumes of documents
• Coordinating, scheduling, and assisting with depositions, mediations, hearings, and trial logistics
• Communicating with clients, witnesses, experts, opposing counsel, and court personnel
• Conducting legal research and fact investigation to assist attorneys in case preparation
• Maintaining case files, tracking deadlines, and ensuring compliance with court procedural rules
• Assisting in trial preparation: preparing trial binders, exhibits, and witness materials

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of litigation legal assistant or paralegal experience (or equivalent)
• Strong drafting skills: pleadings, motions, discovery documents
• Proven experience managing medical records: review, summarization, indexing
• Hands-on experience with depositions: scheduling, transcripts, exhibits
• Familiarity with e-filing systems, case management software, and document databases
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of meeting tight deadlines
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise discretion

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Work in a high-volume, impactful litigation environment with complex and meaningful case work
• Collaborate closely with seasoned attorneys and contribute substantially to case outcomes
• Growth potential as your responsibilities expand and expertise deepens
• Strong professional environment with mentorship, structure, and opportunities to sharpen litigation skills

JPC-432

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Requirements: Note, these requirements are in conjunction with the job description but supersede what is written in the ad: 2+ years of litigation exp as a legal assistant or paralegal. Relocation - No

• Submissions Name / Em: Loraleigh Phillips / [email protected]

Recruiters Submission: To submit cancel - Litigation Paralegal / Litigation Legal Assistant - Upshaw Williams Biggers & Beckham, LLP - JPC 432 - Source

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• Client job title: Litigation Paralegal / Litigation Legal Assistant

• Location: Ridgeland, MS

• On-site, hybrid, remote: On-site

• Experience: 2

• Good fit job titles/keywords for candidates: Litigation Paralegal, Legal Assistant – Litigation, Litigation Support Specialist.

• Keywords: drafting pleadings, deposition coordination, medical record summaries, discovery responses, case management software, trial binders, e-filing

• # of hires needed: 1

• Open or not to recruiters on TE: NO

Recruiter Explainer (10-Year-Old Version)

A strong candidate is a litigation-focused paralegal or legal assistant who actively drafts pleadings, manages and indexes medical records, coordinates depositions, and supports attorneys through trial prep. They must be extremely organized, strong writers, detail-oriented, and capable of handling high volumes of documents under deadline in a fast-paced litigation environment.