Paralegal

About the role

This role supports a litigation-heavy legal function spanning SBM Operations and Real Estate. It requires an individual who can operate with urgency, discretion, and strategic judgment, while maintaining tight operational control over litigation activity and outside counsel spending.

Responsibilities

• Support active litigation across business lines, including pleadings, discovery, motions, and filings.
• Track and manage critical litigation dates (e.g., summary judgment motions, hearings, trial preparation).
• Maintain real-time awareness of case status and proactively prepare matter summaries and timelines.
• Serve as the day-to-day point of contact for outside counsel, ensuring responsiveness, alignment, and accountability.
• Manage and analyze outside counsel spend, including invoice review, cost tracking, and reporting over time.
• Run and maintain legal operations reports related to litigation activity, costs, and vendor performance.
• Partner closely with legal leadership to support matter strategy and execution.
• Perform other administrative duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience spanning paralegal and/or legal operations work.
• Background in a corporate legal department, with law firm training or experience.
• Strong litigation experience; comfortable supporting strategic motion practice.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Pay

$80,000-$95,000 per year

Schedule

Open to Remote Work