Paralegal

• Obtain, review, and analyze medical, financial, tax, and employment records
• Create detailed medical and factual chronologies
• Prepare trial notebooks, exhibits, and witness files
• Compile evidence through discovery documents, transcripts, records, libraries, and databases
• Manage and organize electronic and physical case files
• Coordinate with clients, courts, opposing counsel, and support services
• Generate status reports, logs, and case indexes
• Correspond with clients and opposing law firms
• Conduct legal and medical research, including review of expert materials
• Communicate with experts and analyze their qualifications, prior testimony, transcripts, and publications
• Perform additional duties as needed

Entry Level Paralegal – Litigation, Casualty Defense

• Provide support for 9 Tort Attorneys in New Jersey Staff Legal offices
• Work in a high-volume, paperless insurance defense environment
• Draft discovery responses, pleadings, motions, affidavits, correspondence, reports, briefs, memorandums, summaries, and supporting documentation
• Prepare correspondence, reports, briefs, motions, pleadings, discovery, and other documents using appropriate software
• Create and edit court documents consistent with New Jersey court requirements
• Support attorneys on cases and serve as liaison with clients, claims, local courts, and counsel
• Maintain a minimum billing requirement of 1100 hours per year
• Draft pleadings, motions, responses to discovery requests, and targeted discovery activities
• Support PIP staff with typing and document filing as needed
• Follow up with clients to obtain information and discovery verification signatures
• Communicate with claim partners to obtain information needed to respond to discovery
• Collaborate with attorneys, clients, and opposing counsel via phone and email
• Draft background facts and applicable law supporting discovery motions
• Compile and organize exhibits and relevant documents for motions and trial
• Produce large volumes of documents to opposing counsel and experts via links, CDs, and zip drives

• Support the Corporate HQ Legal team with commercial contract review, contract management and administration, compliance, third-party onboarding, labor/HR, corporate, governance, litigation, property, and ad hoc legal matters
• Review, analyze, draft, negotiate, administer, and maintain commercial contracts throughout their lifecycle
• Maintain organized contract records and monitor contractual milestones, deadlines, notices, deliverables, and obligations
• Coordinate contract approvals and execution according to company policies and authorization requirements
• Review contractual terms and identify commercial, operational, financial, and compliance risks
• Escalate material risks and non-standard terms to the Head of Legal and draft appropriate contract changes after consulting stakeholders
• Maintain the company’s template agreement suite in accordance with applicable law and company strategy
• Administer automated due diligence and third-party screening for suppliers, customers, distributors, and agents
• Review screening results, advise on company risk, and liaise with cross-functional teams on onboarding approvals and rejections
• Provide general advice and troubleshooting on regulatory and compliance matters
• Support preparation and review of employment agreements, handbooks, non-compete agreements, and severance agreements
• Support capability, disciplinary, and performance management processes, including workplace investigations
• Gather evidence, organize files, and manage discovery for workplace investigations or court claims
• Support the Head of Legal with research, advice, due diligence, and drafting across Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, Warranty, Engineering, IT, Sales, and Marketing
• Maintain company policies and provide legal input on process updates or changes
• Act as the initial point person for US ad hoc legal queries in consultation with the Group Head of Legal
• Report to the Group Head of Legal based at Dialight’s Corporate HQ in London, England

In-house Paralegal

• Assist attorneys in preparing civil litigation matters for trial
• Work with clients to receive discovery documents
• Review discovery materials
• Draft motions and discovery responses as well as other documents
• Draft and send out subpoenas
• Set up independent medical examinations
• Review medical records and summarize important information
• Prepare for trial

Paralegal jobs in New Jersey

Entry Level Paralegal – Litigation, Casualty Defense

Paralegal

In-house Paralegal

Litigation Paralegal

Litigation Paralegal