Litigation Paralegal

Botkin Chiarello Calaf PLLC is looking for an experienced litigation paralegal to join our team. If you’re a self-starter eager for responsibility, we’d love to talk to you.

We’re a 17-lawyer Austin-based commercial and IP litigation boutique. Our lawyers include former Big Law partners and associates, and former senior in-house counsel. The key take-aways about us:

• Interesting Work. We handle cutting-edge matters for a varied client roster. We also commit our time to pro bono matters and public interest impact litigation.
• Teamwork. Cohesive and lean teams permit us to achieve excellent results for our clients.
• Flexibility. We allow work from home, no dress code, and a collegial, common-sense approach to firm culture.
• Diversity. We are sincerely committed to diversity. Five of our seven partners are women, and three of our seven partners are people of color. We’re active locally and nationally in efforts to support diversity in our profession and in the community.

• Draft or assist in drafting of pleadings, discovery requests and responses, subpoenas, privilege logs, deposition summaries, position statements and responses to administrative charges
• Prepare offer letters, employment agreements, confidentiality agreements, nondisclosure agreements, employee handbooks and policies
• Cite and fact check, including pulling cases and documentation, Westlaw and PACER research and other research as needed
• Determine and calendar deadlines
  
  State and federal e-filing and service
• Keep informed of developments, procedures and rules in the forums where we practice

• 7+ years of law firm and/or in-house experience as a litigation paralegal
• Paralegal certificate strongly preferred
• Excellent communication skills, a drive to win, and a sense of humor
• Knowledge of federal and Texas state court efiling processes and procedures
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Westlaw, PACER and eDiscovery platformsli>
• Vaccinated against COVID-19
• Willingness to occasionally work overtime to meet deadlines after hours
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• Benefits include healthcare and 401(k).
• Competitive base salary with available bonus.

We are fully committed to the importance of diversity within the legal profession and strongly encourage the interest of diverse candidates in the firm. Consistent with our commitment to diversity, all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, sexual preference, physical or mental disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.

To Apply:

Please email your cover letter and resume to .