Litigation Paralegal

Title: Litigation Paralegal
Reports to: Asset Building Programs Director

Pay Range: $85,000-$95,000
Location: San Francisco, CA.

This is a hybrid position, and candidates must be able to work three days per week in our San Francisco office.

Apply here: https://medasf.bamboohr.com/careers/222

JOIN OUR MEDA TEAM

Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting economic development and job creation in San Francisco's Mission District. Founded in 1973, MEDA has a long history of serving the community by providing access to capital, technical assistance, and training programs for entrepreneurs and small businesses. We also partner with individuals and families to build lasting prosperity through housing stabilization, small business support, workforce development, financial coaching, and education support. Rooted in San Francisco’s Mission District, we’ve seen how economic opportunity transforms lives—and we’re expanding that impact to communities nationwide.

YOUR CAREER OPPORTUNITY

In 2022, MEDA formed Housing Stabilization & Eviction Defense (HSED) to appropriately serve the Mission Community with culturally competent legal services for housing conflicts. To further our impact, MEDA is hiring a Litigation Paralegal to join our HSED legal staff.

The position requires a candidate who will actively support our legal team in serving clients facing tenants’ rights issues and eviction lawsuits to avoid displacement. They will join the HSED team to assist in carrying out the daily operations of the eviction defense service line which includes calendaring, document management, and compiling information for discovery responses, interrogatories, pleadings, motions, depositions, and trial preparation that are essential functions of this role. The Litigation Paralegal will collaborate with our legal counsel to serve as a point of contact for clients, providing legal research and administrative support over the course of representation. In the course of their duties, they shall regularly work alongside our legal team to facilitate trial representation, discovery collection, drafting motions and other documents, handling depositions,  keeping client files up to date, and ensuring that key deadlines are met. Experience in eviction defense and tenant-landlord law is preferred.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with low and moderate-income clients on legal matters related to staying in their home
• Support legal counsel with research on local housing laws and court procedures.
• Draft legal documents, including correspondences, briefs, motions, pleadings, contracts, affidavits, and settlement agreements for contract negotiations and proceedings.
• Collaborate and regularly communicate with clients and other staff to move cases toward resolution efficiently.
• Attend court hearings or other legal proceeding alongside legal counsel and clients.
• Manage legal counsel calendars and track litigation deadlines.
• Provide administrative support for the legal team.
• Uphold and refine operating procedures and policies to ensure appropriate handling of client cases, files, and other aspects of legal service delivery.

YOUR KEYS TO SUCCESS

To perform successfully in this role, you will need to leverage these key qualifications:

• Bilingual Spanish and English is required.
• 1-2 years of trial experience as a paralegal.
• Bachelor’s degree and paralegal certification.
• Professional or lived experience working with communities of color is required.
• Experience with litigation filings.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills are required to work with clients, staff members, and senior attorneys.

YOUR MEDA EXPERIENCE

Do meaningful work in an innovative workplace, while being challenged for your professional growth.

Joining MEDA means having meaningful experiences that develop achievers – from across the Mission neighborhood and within our organization. We find meaning and fulfillment in our work as we see our community thrive and are driven to achieve better outcomes by challenging ourselves to innovate in our ways of working.

We offer a market-leading benefits program that reflects MEDA's values and mission. We invest in people's lives and support our own people's health and financial well-being.

Our core benefits include:

• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental insurance for employees and their dependents – 100 percent covered by MEDA
• 401(k) plan for employees
• Generous paid time off, a minimum of 20 days for new employees
• Employee Assistance Program that offers free financial or legal counseling to employees or their families
• Other forms of voluntary benefits

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time