About This Role
This full-time paralegal role supports attorneys in contested trust, probate, elder financial abuse, fiduciary duty, and related estate litigation matters. The position is hybrid, based in the Sacramento office, and involves in-office and remote work arranged consistent with firm needs and case demands. It suits a candidate with litigation paralegal experience, preferably in trust, estate, probate, or fiduciary litigation, who is comfortable managing deadlines, coordinating filings, organizing discovery, and communicating with clients and court personnel.
Responsibilities
- Assist attorneys with trust, estate, probate, fiduciary duty, and related litigation matters
- Prepare, organize, and maintain case files, pleadings, discovery, correspondence, exhibits, medical and financial records, estate planning documents, probate court filings, and litigation databases
- Draft, proofread, and revise pleadings, notices, discovery requests and responses, subpoenas, correspondence, exhibit lists, chronologies, and other litigation documents for attorney review
- Coordinate and track court deadlines, discovery deadlines, hearing dates, mediation dates, trial preparation deadlines, and other litigation milestones
- File and serve documents in California state courts, including probate departments, and coordinate with court clerks, process servers, vendors, experts, and opposing counsel
- Assist with written discovery, document collection, document review, privilege review support, production preparation, deposition preparation, and deposition exhibit organization
- Support attorneys in preparing for hearings, mediations, settlement conferences, depositions, arbitrations, and trial
- Summarize pleadings, discovery responses, deposition testimony, financial records, estate planning documents, accountings, medical records, and other case materials
- Communicate professionally with clients, witnesses, court personnel, vendors, and opposing counsel under attorney supervision
- Maintain accurate records, calendars, task lists, and case status updates
Requirements
- 3–5 years of litigation paralegal experience
- Qualification as a paralegal under California Business and Professions Code section 6450
- Experience with California civil litigation procedures, court rules, calendaring, filings, service, discovery, and litigation deadlines
- Strong drafting, proofreading, document organization, and case management skills
- Ability to manage multiple matters, deadlines, and priorities with careful attention to detail
- Professional judgment, discretion, and ability to handle confidential client and case information
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency with common legal technology, document management systems, e-filing platforms, Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, and litigation support tools