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Bankruptcy Paralegal 

Well established firm is seeking a Bankruptcy Paralegal. This position is 4 days on site and WFH on Fridays. The Senior Bankruptcy Paralegal  provides sophisticated litigation and transactional support to attorneys handling complex domestic and cross-border bankruptcy, restructuring, and insolvency matters. This professional manages case administration, prepares and files court documents, tracks critical deadlines, and supports matters from pre-petition planning through restructuring, plan confirmation, and asset sale closings.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage bankruptcy case dockets, calendars, filing deadlines, hearing dates, and claims bar dates using PACER and court-specific filing systems.
• Assist with Chapter 11 cases, including preparation of first-day pleadings, motions, supporting declarations, orders, and petition-related materials.
• Draft, proofread, format, and electronically file bankruptcy pleadings, applications, notices, stipulations, and adversary complaints through CM/ECF.
• Support claims administration, including reviewing proofs of claim, maintaining claims registers, preparing claims objections, and tracking related deadlines.
• Assist with plans of reorganization, disclosure statements, solicitation materials, voting ballots, and plan confirmation submissions.
• Conduct lien, UCC, judgment, and real property searches and support due diligence activities.
• Provide transactional support for Section 363 asset sales, including sale motions, bidding procedures, asset purchase agreements, and closing documentation.
• Coordinate with clients, financial advisors, investment bankers, local counsel, claims agents, and other stakeholders.
• Prepare hearing materials, exhibit lists, attorney binders, and case documentation while maintaining organized electronic and physical files.
• Provide guidance to junior paralegals and legal assistants and manage multiple assignments under tight deadlines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; paralegal certificate preferred.
• Minimum of three years of law firm bankruptcy paralegal experience, including substantial hands-on Chapter 11 experience.
• Proficiency with PACER, CM/ECF, and Microsoft Office; strong Excel skills preferred.
• Experience with iManage/Worksite and litigation databases such as Relativity is a plus.
• Excellent organizational, research, proofreading, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, maintain confidentiality, and deliver accurate work in a fast-paced environment.
• Flexibility to work extended hours as needed to meet case deadlines.

Tim Campbell   

Liberty Personnel Services Inc.

610-941-6300 ext 121  direct: 484-567-2089

tc@libertyjobs.com

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