Junior Paralegal Job Brea area,California USA,Law/Legal

Position Summary

We are seeking an organized and motivated Junior Paralegal to join our legal team, primarily supporting product liability litigation. The ideal candidate will assist paralegals and attorneys throughout the litigation process by handling case management tasks, preparing legal documents, and ensuring efficient workflow within the department.

Principal Tasks

Conduct factual research from internal and external sources. Interact/interview all levels of personnel in various departments at SMO and other Suzuki entities to obtain relevant information. Maintain knowledge of SMO’s organization and operating systems to access available data. Timely respond to requests for information, analysis, or documentation.

Proactively track and manage all assigned product liability (PL) and breach of warranty (BOW) cases from initiation to resolution.

Gather and file all as-filed Complaints, Answers, Pleadings, Orders, Initial Disclosures, Expert Disclosures and Reports, Exhibit Lists, Witness Lists, Trial Exhibits, Responses, Motions, Stipulations, etc. in Case Management Database(CMD), following up with outside counsel as necessary to ensure complete collection.
Gather and file all outside counsel work product in CMD:
Correspondence, all Suzuki proprietary reports as well as Deposition Summaries, Deposition Transcripts, Jury Research related materials, Police/Investigator Reports, Defense Tenders, Denials, Settlement related documents (Demands, Offers, Mediation Statements, and Suzuki proprietary settlement documents), Meet-and-confer letters, etc., following up with outside counsel as necessary to ensure timely receipt.
File all Suzuki proprietary case related internal documents in CMD.
Gather and file all expert materials, including CV, inspection photos, etc. in CMD.
File any other documents designated on a case-by-case basis by supervisor, manager, and department.
Attend case-related meetings as requested.
Keep tracking any communications between Legal department and outside counsels regarding assigned cases and recording those to CMD.

Maintain and update case management systems, calendars, and databases for all assigned cases to ensure accurate and timely information.

Open and close assigned matters in CMD.
Keep updating CMD fields for PL reports.
Update PL calendar for all assigned cases.
Digitize documents in Legal Library and File Room.
Create and maintain a litigation discovery database by uploading 100 plus documents (not Bates) per workweek per person (5-6 documents per hour and 3-4 hours or more per day).
Create and maintain other litigation discovery database(s) as requested.
Prepare TREAD report for Suzuki database as needed.

Assist attorneys with drafting, reviewing, and filing legal documents, including pleadings, motions, discovery requests, and responses.

Send reminders to outside counsel if a document/pleading is due in time for Suzuki review.
Create case-specific Teams channel, upload draft documents for collaborative review, share final version with outside counsel.
With assistance from Senior Paralegal:
Draft discovery responses. Draft discovery guidance memos. Prepare materials for production. Identify and mark documents that contain sensitive/confidential/privileged information.
Download and save all discovery documents from all parties in requested format/organization.
Identify responsive, confidential, and privileged documents and lead collaborative internal and external review, including Bates stamping and watermarking with assistance from Senior Paralegal.
Support brief and motion bank maintenance and log of documents.
Prepare monthly discovery status report for all cases.
Prepare legal hold drafts.

Coordinate and manage the collection, organization, and analysis of evidence, including product documentation, testing results, sales/service records, marketing materials, and expert reports.

Locate, collect and organize documents as necessary from various internal and external Suzuki departments and third-party vendors. Create and maintain substantive indexes of materials collected and distributed throughout the life of the matter.
Information organization. Timely maintain matter management and other management database. Responsible for initial case intake. Set up and maintain paper and electronic files in accordance with department procedures and processes. Assemble documents and information for attorney reference and case preparation. Coordinate with in-house attorneys, outside counsel and their staff, and supervisor/manager/department to maintain matter management reports, calendar entries and diary database with relevant developments.
Create case folder in shared drive when new case opened, collect internal documents in collaboration with departments and companies outside of the Legal Department in requested format/organization, and complete Initial Internal Document Collection Report.
Prepare social media and online investigation memo in requested format/organization for each assigned case, and update per…


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