Sr. Paralegal

Meriplex is a managed cybersecurity, IT, and SD-WAN solutions provider that enables transformation by combining secure, innovative technology with advanced expertise. Innovation is our hallmark, and it begins with staff development. Join Meriplex where you will have the opportunity to develop your skills while working alongside a team of enthusiastic industry and technology experts.

We are looking to grow our Legal Department with an experienced Senior Paralegal. We are seeking an ambitious, energetic, and highly motivated individual who has a strong desire to work for a growing company, with significant responsibility, autonomy, and development potential.

This role is based in Houston, TX at the Meriplex Corporate office.

Make your mark at Meriplex by being the best at what you do. Here’s how to make an impact:

• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment to meet deadlines. There is always plenty to do, so we like self-starters. Your days will be varied and sometimes widely different – candidates who are comfortable with flexibility will accel here.
• Comfort with data heavy environments. We are a data focused organization, candidates who have an expectation of leaning into the data to analyze where we can anticipate, improve, and/or evaluate performance will be successful at Meriplex.
• Strong interpersonal, oral, visual, and written communication skills. This will pay off in our highly collaborative culture.

Let’s work together to succeed together! Relevant experience in the following areas will get us off to a great start:

• Assisting with the preparation, filing and service of pleadings.
• Acting as liaison among all parties including court or other neutrals for scheduling and sharing information
• Organizing and managing documents, including the creation of spreadsheets and retrieval systems
• Coordinating the collection, review and production of documents and responding to discovery requests
• Assisting with trial preparation including the assembly of exhibits, witness binders and appendices for depositions and court filings
• Summarizing deposition and trial transcripts and exhibits
• Researching case-related factual issues using in-house files and outside reference sources
• Compiling information and, preparing statistics, charts, graphs and other summaries to detail the findings
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Paralegal certificate from an ABA accredited program preferred, or a combination of education and/or experience
• 3-7 years of significant and substantive litigation experience as a paralegal/legal assistant in a law firm setting.
• Experience drafting, cite-checking, and correcting legal briefs (trial and appellate).
• Experience managing medium to large-scale document productions.
• Proficiency with Document Review Software
• Working knowledge and competency with case management software
• Proficiency with word processing and spreadsheet software

Work Schedule/Travel - Standard Meriplex business hours of 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM with flexibility to meet deadlines.

We value both education and experience equally - While your formal degree, and certifications, would contribute to your success in this role, we also find tremendous value in skills and knowledge gained through in depth, real-world experience in a related field.

The Meriplex Difference - Meriplex employees receive a full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life insurance, 401K, plus PTO, holiday pay, as well as referral bonuses.

If you want to be a lion, you must train with lions. Come and join a winning team!

• Channel Futures MSP 501 Winner (2021)
• Houston’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For (2020 & 2021)
• Top 50 Tech Services CEO Award (2020)
• CRN MSTP 500 Winner (2021)

Meriplex Communications and Meriplex Solutions are Equal Employment Opportunity Employers. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this Web site or directly to managers. Meriplex Communications and Meriplex Solutions do not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Meriplex Communications and Meriplex Solutions will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Meriplex Communications and Meriplex Solutions.