Paralegal - Litigation (Denver)
At Taft, we work as one team, driven and committed to helping our clients succeed. A full-service law firm with more than 1,250 attorneys and over 2,000 on our team, we have the collaborative approach, advanced technological resources, and depth of services that make us a preeminent law firm.
Taft is seeking a Paralegal to support the Litigation practice group in our Denver office.
We are seeking a paralegal with 5+ years litigation experience to join the Litigation team in Denver. All Taft employees operate under a “Client First” philosophy—in all things, we seek to provide exceptional services to our clients.
Responsibilities:
- Utilize technical databases to search and retrieve supporting documents, exercising independent decision-making as well as making appropriate recommendations to the supervising attorney.
- Create, manage, and accurately check document productions in litigation discovery process.
- Monitor, prioritize, organize, and facilitate daily workflow and case management.
- Conduct fact investigation and research, online and within case materials, retrieving and compiling information in an organized manner.
- Arrange and manage third-party service and subpoena processes.
- Operate trial presentation software in hearings and trials, including exhibit presentation and tracking.
- Prepares or assists in drafting and finalizing legal documents.
- Manage and maintain document organization and case files, hard copy and electronic.
- Assist in hearing and trial preparation, including drafting testimony outlines and exhibit lists, compiling documents to be utilized as exhibits, and preparing hearing, trial, and testimony notebooks.
- Prepare documents with strong attention to formatting, spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
- Provide constructive guidelines to other employees and representatives of third parties who do business with the firm.
- Perform data entry for managing cases and maintaining documents in the firm’s DMS system.
- Provide a high level of general administrative support as required.
- Maintain and submit time entries for the purpose of billing clients in a timely manner.
- Effectively communicate with other legal and support departments/personnel and clients as determined by attorneys.
- Understand and draft complex concepts into a legal instrument with superior writing skills.
Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of training and experience is required.
- A certificate of completion from a Paralegal school or institute is preferred.
- 5 years of litigation experience required.
- Experience operating trial presentation software in courtroom settings strongly preferred.
- Familiarity with general processes, systems, philosophies, structure, methods and approaches of mid-to-large sized firms.
- Knowledge of business English, spelling, punctuation, grammar and generally accepted legal terms.
- Knowledge of legal and general research techniques and the use of software systems available for conducting legal research.
- Knowledge of court rules and procedures.
- Knowledge of law office practices and procedures.
- Knowledge of various court electronic filing procedures for applicable practice areas.
- Skill in the use of software systems specific to your legal department with a strong preference for experience using Relativity and Trial Director.
- Skill in the use of software systems such as Word, DMS, Excel, Power Point and Outlook.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with the ability to establish good rapport with attorneys, clients, and other employees.
- Ability to organize, prepare and maintain detailed records and reports, setting up and organizing case databases, creating checklists and other records.
- Ability to prepare and analyze technical information/reports.
- Ability to organize and prioritize tasks to carry out assignments in a timely manner.
- Ability to quickly learn company policies and procedures and learn office methods and procedures.
- Ability to multi-task and always maintain a professional demeanor.
Date Posted – 2/23/2026
Deadline to Apply – 5/30/2026
Taft offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefit package, including medical, dental, vision, life, long term disability, flexible spending, 401K, Paid Time Off, paid holidays, bonus and more. The salary range for this position is $35.43/hour – $48.07/hour. Actual compensation offer to candidate may vary from posted information based on work experience, education, and/or skill level.
Interested candidates should apply here.