Paralegal Jobs

Title: Paralegal

Pay Rate: Salary is depending on experience

Hours: Mon-Friday 8am-5pm

Location: Hybrid in Beaverton, OR

Type: Direct Hire

About SIFT

Tired of the big corporate eDiscovery machine? Tired of not actually solving clients’ problems? Tired of working where the bottom line is all that matters?

We can do better.

Would you rather help your clients get the job done better, faster, cheaper?

Join a family of established hi-tech companies that service the largest names in technology, manage the world’s most influential technology standards, and validate the latest in hi-tech gadgetry. SIFT is the newest member of our hi-tech family and has a startup mentality, rewarding ingenuity and initiative.

SIFT—a different kind of legal services vendor—sits at the intersection of law, big data, and technology. eDiscovery analysts, data scientists, developers, and tech savvy attorneys come together to provide law firms and legal departments actual solutions.

About the Role

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Support General Counsel, Project Managers, Review Managers, in all aspects of litigation.
• Manage case documents and pleadings.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of federal and state laws, rules and regulations affecting practice areas and eDiscovery, through self-education or participation in continuing legal education, certification programs or professional associations.
• Review and coordinate the response to RFPs, RFAs, Rogs, and other discovery requests.
• Monitor matter deadlines and assist teams in meeting them.
• Format, proofread, and edit outbound documents and spreadsheets.
• Coordinate project requirements between Project Managers, Review Managers, review teams and eDiscovery attorneys.
• Assist attorneys in the presentation of digital evidence in depositions and at trial.

About You

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 2 years of litigation experience at a law firm.
• Ability to learn new subject matter quickly.
• Strong analytical skills and a high attention to detail.
• Ability to review and code documents in a major review platform (IPRO ADD or Relativity a plus).
• Experience with the EDRM and all aspects of discovery practice in state and federal courts.
• Minimum of 5 years of litigation paralegal experience.
• Very, very strong spreadsheeting skills.
• Expertise with the full Microsoft Office 365 Suite, Teams, Zoom, Citrix ShareFile, Adobe Acrobat Pro, PACER, and Trial Director. Experience with Clio and Asana a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong client and team relationship skills.
• Deep technical knowledge of practice-related codes, statutes and regulations.
• Excellent organization and planning capabilities.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment.
• Established habit of tracking time and documenting task completion.