Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP is seeking experienced paralegals to work with its code enforcement team in its Riverside and Los Angeles offices.
The code enforcement team investigates and civilly prosecutes property owners and businesses that have violated building, housing, planning, health or other city and state codes, or who are otherwise misusing their property to endanger public health and safety.
The Paralegals work under the direction of attorneys and provide a wide range of paraprofessional legal support for both pre-litigation investigations and litigation. These positions require excellent verbal and writing skills, knowledge of discovery tools, and an ability to communicate effectively with attorneys, investigators, client city departments and agencies, law enforcement, court personnel, vendors, and diverse property owners.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assist with team-wide case and project management. This includes, but is not limited to, coordinating with city department staff regarding ongoing investigations, managing documents from different city departments, and advising attorneys of the status of investigations; and managing deadlines, documents, and work flow with attorneys on litigation matters.
- Provide guidance to city departments about how to effectively prepare records of investigations, and to otherwise enable civil litigation to support enforcement efforts.
- Assist in preparing pleadings by gathering exhibits, ensuring documents are accurate, properly formatted, and filed in a timely manner.
- Assist in drafting and reviewing subpoenas, all forms of discovery documents, legal memoranda, and correspondence.
- Assist with discovery and with collecting, managing, reviewing, and organizing documents obtained from litigants and city departments.
- Review and comprehend specialized documents relevant to the code team’s work, such as property records, administrative enforcement records, police reports, and building plans and reports.
- Organize, review and prepare documents, exhibits, transcripts and other materials for use during investigations, depositions, hearings or trial, including preparing and running Trial Director.
- Assist with other projects and duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program, or other significant work experience such that statutory requirements are satisfied (Bus. & Prof. Code § 6450 compliant).
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
- Minimum 5 years of litigation or transactional experience as a billable paralegal/legal assistant.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Working knowledge of legal procedures, legal terminology, court rules and law office practice and procedure.
- Working knowledge of state and municipal codes.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Ability to manage high volume of cases.
- Adept in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Experience working in or with regulatory agencies or criminal law enforcement agencies.
- Strong knowledge of discovery ules and processes.
- Experience with iTimeKeep, CMS Aderant, Trial Director, Adobe Professional or other similar software.
The pay scale for this position ranges from $87K – $98K plus annual bonuses. The actual salary within that range will depend on the selected candidate’s quality and amount of experience. Annual discretionary bonuses, competitive health insurance benefits, and 401(k) with a partial match are offered when individuals are eligible for benefits.
Qualified applicants, please email cover letter and resume to staffrecruiting@bwslaw.com.
EOE.
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