Legal Staff Paralegal in Minneapolis, MN

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Minneapolis, MN

Legal Staff Paralegal in Minneapolis, MN

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Intellectual Property Litigation Paralegal Duties: The candidate will perform a variety of responsibilities to assist attorneys focused on pharmaceutical litigation practice. Organize and maintain case files, pleading, and other documents; coordinate document control systems and litigation support services; work with fact witness preparation for depositions and trial; maintain client contact and observes client confidentiality; assist with document harvest, review, and production with a heavy emphasis on United States FDA pharmaceutical applications (both NDA and ANDA). Establish, organize and maintain the firm's proprietary electronic versions of case files including discovery, all notebooks, and indexes. Discovery coordination including preparation for depositions and substantive lead work on document productions including gathering, review, labeling, and organization of extensive ESI document databases using different review software platforms. Draft correspondence and pleadings including routine notices, declarations, and motions. Draft charts, indexes, and memoranda including timelines. Docket responsibilities for case deadlines. Trial preparation and trial support including responsibilities for trial software and hardware set up and coordination of travel and war room arrangements; IP enforcement via non-district court proceedings, including arbitration, IPR, and online marketplace.

Qualifications: The candidate should have a BA degree and/or Paralegal certificate, 5+ years as a paralegal in litigation. Knowledge of intellectual property basics, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Proficient in computerized litigation support software platforms such as Relativity, Trial Director, Adobe, and Sharepoint. Set up and coordinated databases and database searching. Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints. Ability to concentrate on details. Ability to proofread typed material for contextual, grammatical, typographical, or spelling errors. Ability to use or learn to use software useful to litigation, proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite including FrontPage. Interpersonal skills are necessary to communicate and follow instructions from a diverse group of clients, attorneys, and staff. Work requires a high level of mental effort and strain while organizing and maintaining multiple cases. Ability to travel via public or private conveyance to assist the Attorney in attending to clients' needs on legal matters.

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