Litigation Attorney — High-Impact Plaintiff Cases

Orion Placement; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Performance bonus potential

Health benefits

PTO

Professional development

Job summary

Orion Placement is seeking a 3+ year litigator to handle complex abuse and catastrophic injury cases in Illinois and Michigan markets. This on-site role offers meaningful, career-defining work and exposure to high-stakes matters.

You will partner with senior attorneys on large abuse, institutional accountability, and injury cases; manage discovery, motions, and briefs; develop theories and strategy; and contribute to precedent-setting outcomes with strong bonus potential and comprehensive health

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school
• Active attorney license required; Illinois or Michigan Bar preferred
• 3+ years of litigation experience required
• Strong discovery and motion practice experience required
• Very strong legal research and writing skills required
• Experience handling discovery disputes and working with opposing counsel preferred
• Plaintiff-side personal injury, class action, commercial litigation, complex litigation, government litigation, DOJ, U.S. Attorney’s Office, or mid-size / big law litigation experience preferred
• Strong academic background preferred
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a growing, high-performance litigation environment

Responsibilities

• Represent survivors of abuse and catastrophic injury in complex plaintiff-side litigation matters
• Work closely with partners on high-impact abuse, catastrophic injury, and institutional accountability cases
• Handle discovery, discovery disputes, meet-and-confer efforts, and related motion practice
• Draft and revise substantive motions, briefs, legal memoranda, and litigation correspondence
• Develop legal theories, case strategy, and arguments in complex, high-value matters
• Collaborate with attorneys, paralegals, survivor advocates, and investigators across active litigation teams
• Manage deadlines and responsibilities independently in a fast-paced, growing litigation practice
• Contribute to meaningful cases with the potential to create precedent, public awareness, and institutional reform

Skills

Discovery

Motion practice

Legal writing

Legal research

Case strategy

Education

J.D. from an accredited law school

Job description

Orion Placement is seeking a 3+ year litigator to handle complex abuse and catastrophic injury cases in Illinois and Michigan markets. This on-site role offers meaningful, career-defining work and exposure to high-stakes matters.

You will partner with senior attorneys on large abuse, institutional accountability, and injury cases; manage discovery, motions, and briefs; develop theories and strategy; and contribute to precedent-setting outcomes with strong bonus potential and comprehensive health