Employment & Class Action Paralegal
Location: Beverly Hills, CA
Job Type: Full-Time, On-Site
Compensation: $65,000 - $90,000, based on experience.
About Us
We are a leading California employment law firm based in Beverly Hills, focused on high-impact employment litigation, class actions, PAGA representative actions, wage-and-hour claims, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and other workplace rights matters.
Our firm represents employees in meaningful cases against some of the largest companies in California and across the country. We are looking for an experienced Paralegal who can take ownership of litigation support, manage high-volume cases, and work closely with attorneys on complex employment matters.
This is a strong opportunity for someone who wants to grow in plaintiff-side employment litigation and be directly involved in cases from filing through resolution.
Position Summary
The Employment & Class Action Paralegal will provide litigation support to attorneys handling individual employment cases, class actions, and PAGA matters.
The ideal candidate has strong California civil litigation experience, excellent legal writing and organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced litigation environment.
Responsibilities
- Assist attorneys throughout all phases of employment litigation
- Draft, proofread, format, and revise pleadings, motions, notices, subpoenas, discovery, correspondence, and other legal documents
- Prepare civil cover sheets, summonses, proofs of service, filing documents, and case-related forms
- File documents electronically in California state and federal courts
- Maintain litigation calendars and monitor court deadlines, discovery deadlines, filing deadlines, and statutes of limitation
- Organize and maintain electronic and physical case files
- Draft and respond to written discovery, including form interrogatories, special interrogatories, requests for production, and requests for admission
- Review and organize document productions
- Prepare privilege logs, discovery indexes, document logs, and production summaries
- Draft meet-and-confer correspondence
- Coordinate depositions, court reporters, videographers, interpreters, and related vendors
- Prepare deposition notices, exhibits, witness files, and deposition summaries
- Assist with class action and PAGA matters, including class member information, employee data, payroll records, timekeeping records, personnel files, damages analysis, mediation preparation, and settlement support
- Coordinate with class administrators, litigation support vendors, and opposing counsel
- Prepare trial binders, exhibit lists, witness lists, trial notebooks, and other trial materials
- Communicate with clients to obtain records, collect documents, schedule meetings, and provide updates as directed by attorneys
- Update case management software and help ensure compliance with court rules, firm procedures, and attorney deadlines
Qualifications
Required
- 5+ years of California employment litigation experience
- 3+ years supporting employment class actions and/or PAGA litigation
- Extensive knowledge of California civil litigation procedures and deadlines
- Experience drafting discovery, pleadings, correspondence, and litigation documents
- Proficiency with e-filing in California state and federal courts
- Strong legal writing, proofreading, and document organization skills
- Ability to manage multiple cases, deadlines, and priorities
- High attention to detail and strong follow-through
- Professional written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
- Must satisfy California paralegal qualification requirements
Preferred
- ABA-approved Paralegal Certificate
- Bachelor’s degree
- Trial preparation experience
- Mediation preparation experience
- Experience managing high-volume litigation caseloads
- Bilingual Spanish preferred but not required
Technical Skills
Candidates should be comfortable using:
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Outlook
- Excel
- Adobe Acrobat Pro
- Legal case management software
- Electronic document management systems
- One Legal
- File & ServeXpress
- PACER
- LexisNexis and Westlaw
- Relativity or similar eDiscovery platforms preferred
Practice Areas
This role may support cases involving:
- Wrongful termination
- Employment discrimination
- Sexual harassment
- Retaliation
- Whistleblower claims
- Failure to accommodate
- Interactive process claims
- Wage-and-hour litigation
- Meal and rest break violations
- Overtime claims
- Misclassification
- PAGA actions
- Employment class actions
- FEHA claims
- FMLA/CFRA matters
Compensation & Benefits
- [Insert Salary Range], based on experience
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid time off
- Paid sick leave
- Paid parking
- Performance-based bonus opportunities
- Career growth opportunities within the firm
Why Join Us
This is a hands-on paralegal role for someone who wants meaningful litigation experience, not just administrative work. You will support active employment cases, class actions, and PAGA matters while working closely with attorneys on discovery, filings, damages analysis, mediation preparation, settlement support, and trial preparation.
If you are organized, detail-oriented, experienced in California employment litigation, and ready to take ownership of complex case work, we encourage you to apply.
How to Apply
Please submit your resume and a brief note summarizing your employment litigation, class action, and PAGA experience.
We look forward to meeting you!