Philadelphia

Our Philadelphia office is looking for a lawyer with a minimum of six years litigation experience who possesses the following skill sets:

1. demonstrated research, writing and drafting ability (i.e., Law Review/Judicial Clerkship);
2. substantial federal litigation experience;
3. a keen interest and knowledge of the Federal False Claims Act/Anti-Kickback Act;
4. a desire to do complex civil and criminal litigation; and
5. intellectual curiosity.

Contract positions are also available.

Please forward resume, writing sample, and references to:
Dennis Mehigan
Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP
1818 Market Street, Suite 3402
Philadelphia, PA 19103
E-mail: DM@Pietragallo.com

Pittsburgh

Our Pittsburgh office is seeking a highly motivated, experienced legal assistant to provide secretarial and administrative support for two attorneys in our Product Liability practice area.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Transcribing, composing, formatting, editing, proofreading, and finalizing all forms of documents, correspondence, pleadings, and reports.
• Opening of new files, file set up and organization, preparing conflicts checks.
• Preparing and filing of pleadings such as Appearances, Answers, and all pretrial and dispositive Motions in state and federal courts.
• Coordinating, maintaining, and calendaring upcoming trial dates, arbitrations, jury trials, depositions, inspections, and all corresponding status notes.
• Managing incoming mail, entering daily time entries, submitting vendor invoices for payment.
• Maintaining attorney calendars, travel arrangements, and expense reporting.
• Reviewing and editing prebills per client guidelines.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• At least 5 years’ experience assisting attorneys in complex litigation areas such as product liability and litigation defense.
• Experience with County, State, and Federal courts, including knowledge of CM/ECF filing.
• Strong attention to detail in all work.
• Ability to manage multiple files and to prioritize workloads to effectively meet all deadlines.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to interact professionally with all levels of management, staff and clients.
• Forward thinking, organized, and a team player.
• Ability to independently solve problems and exercise sound judgment with minimal direction.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products – Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Experience with iManage and Prolaw a plus.

Our Pittsburgh office is seeking a highly motivated, experienced paralegal to provide support for all levels of attorneys in our Product Liability practice area.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Managing the lifecycle of active matters/cases and monitoring case progress.
• Timely ordering, following up, ensuring receipt, and summarizing of medical, employment, academic, tax, and insurance company records.
• Deposition and trial preparation by way of:
  • Conducting legal research for litigation or legal briefs,
  • Identifying, compiling, researching and analyzing information prior to preparing reports and exhibits,
  • Preparing of case files, binders, summaries, and other paper/electronic case materials such as witness binders, pre-trial binders, compilation of trial exhibits, preparing fact and expert witness,
  • Coordinating witnesses (fact and expert) for testimony at trial and depositions.
• Preparing general motions, pleadings, subpoenas, and other documents as requested.
• Responding to discovery requests.
• Electronic filing of pleadings such as Appearances, Answers, and all pretrial and dispositive Motions in state and federal courts.
• Logging and entering in billable time to Prolaw billing system.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• At least 5 years’ experience supporting attorneys in products liability, class actions, multi-district litigation, commercial litigation, and personal injury.
• Paralegal Certificate preferred.
• Experience with both State and Federal courts, including knowledge of CM/ECF filing.
• Strong attention to detail in all work.
• Ability to manage multiple files and to prioritize workloads to effectively meet all deadlines.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to interact professionally with all levels of management, staff and clients.
• Forward thinking, organized, and a team player.
• Ability to independently solve problems and exercise sound judgment with minimal direction.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products – Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Experience with litigation technology applications such as Case Notebook, Case Logistics, Relativity.
• Experience with iManage and Prolaw a plus.

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP offers a collegial work environment with competitive salary and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, life and long-term disability insurance, and a 401(k) program.