Appellate Paralegal

About Latham & Watkins

Latham & Watkins is one of the world’s leading global law firms advising the businesses and institutions that drive the global economy. We are the market leaders in major financial and business centers around the world. Our investment in people, commitment to innovation, and focus on the future empower you to build an incredible career and thrive as an exceptional professional in a supportive culture. If you aspire to be the best, and work with the best, this is where you belong.

About the Role

The Appellate Paralegal is an integral part of Latham’s Legal Professional and Paralegal team. This role will be responsible for providing expertise and support to the departmental attorneys in the Litigation & Trial Department, with a focus on the Supreme Court & Appellate Practice Group, while overseeing all logistical and administrative work associated with appellate litigation, including researching and ensuring compliance with court rules, shepardizing, cite checking, and formatting legal briefs, preparing appendices, and interfacing with clerk’s offices at appellate courts. This role will be located in our Washington, D.C. office. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence. 

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Other key responsibilities include:

• Preparing templates of legal briefs and motions, properly formatting legal briefs and motions, cite checking legal briefs and motions to ensure consistency with sources cited and proper citation style (e.g., Bluebook or California Style Manual), preparing appendices, assisting with the filing and printing of legal briefs, motions, and other documents
• Interfacing with clerk's offices at federal and state appellate courts
• Performing administrative tasks related to the proper functioning of a partner’s litigation and trial practice, including maintaining case calendars, organizing case documents, and ensuring compliance with court procedural rules
• Contributing to and/or managing multiple litigation teams 
• Proactively identifying and resolving any outstanding issues that arise throughout each case
• Working directly with partners, counsel, associates, appellate paralegals, litigation services, legal secretaries and other support staff, and outside vendors on confidential tasks
• Promoting effective work practices, working as a team member, and showing respect for co-workers
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains 

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Demonstrate a high aptitude for reading, cite checking, and editing complex legal briefs, with superb attention to detail
• Exhibit a good working knowledge of security-related practices and documentation, including but not limited to, state-level and federal-level filing requirements, document management, bluebooking, shepardizing, and cite checking
• Display proficient knowledge of applications typically used in a legal office environment, such as billing software and databases

And have:

• A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university (and signed declaration or paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved paralegal program if located in a California office)
• Prior appellate paralegal experience at a law firm, in government service or equivalent, preferably

Benefits & Additional Information

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
• Professional development programs
• Employee discounts
• Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff

Latham & Watkins is an equal opportunity employer. The Firm prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status (including veterans of the Vietnam era), gender expression, marital status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable statute.

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