Litigation Paralegal

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. seeks a paralegal to organize and code documents for production, deposition, or trial preparation within litigation and discovery projects.

You will prepare correspondence, outlines, and memoranda under attorney direction while reviewing materials to support case strategy. You will also summarize documents and testimony, maintain case calendars, and coordinate with witnesses and clients.

Qualifications

• Supports litigation teams with preparation of legal documents and discovery materials.
• Maintains calendars and tickler systems for case deadlines.
• Provides mentoring to Staff Paralegal and communicates with clients and teams.

Responsibilities

• Organizes and codes documents for production, deposition, trial prep, or discovery.
• Prepares correspondence, memoranda, outlines for litigation and discovery projects.
• Drafts pleadings under attorney direction and summarizes documents and testimony.
• Interacts with witnesses and company employees as needed.
• Updates clients and litigation teams on case status and assignments.
• Travels to client sites, vendors, and trial locations as required.
• Keeps time records and uses document/case management software.

Skills

Legal support

Litigation support

Document review

Communication skills

Time management

Tools

Document management software

Job description

• Organizes, digests and codes in the preparation of legal documents for production, deposition or trial preparation, or other litigation and discovery projects.
• Prepares correspondence, memoranda, outlines for litigation and discovery projects.
• Drafts answers, discovery requests, responses to discovery, basic motions and similar pleadings, under the direction of an attorney.
• Summarizes, reviews and analyzes documents, testimony, general literature, and legislative information for litigation or discovery assignments.
• Compiles and summarizes pertinent medical, scientific and litigation issues and/or incorporates analyses prepared by others into case outlines, deposition outlines and/or testimony outlines, relevant chronologies and other litigation assignments.
• Selects documents to be used in depositions, for trial exhibits or for production.
• Obtains public information applicable to the litigation, as well as medical, educational and employment records on parties to litigation.
• Interviews witnesses and/or company employees.
• Updates clients and litigation teams regarding case status, litigation and discovery issues and assignments.
• Maintains calendar or tickler system, subject to case requirements.
• Keeps abreast of significant developments in areas of assigned responsibility and areas of expertise, in order to undertake assignments as appropriate.
• Understands the full scope of litigation and recognizes relevant information to a case when reviewing documents and/or testimony.
• Travels to clients' offices, vendors, trial locations and other locations with minimal notice; assists in the trials of cases.
• Utilizes and has an understanding of document and case management software, databases and internet sites as needed.
• Keeps track of time in specified intervals and turns in time records as instructed.
• Provides mentoring to Staff Paralegal.
• Uses excellent verbal, written and communication skills, and is courteous and professional at all times.
• Keeps supervisor abreast of current issues and potential problems as they develop; seeks advice as needed.

Benefits Statement

Shook, Hardy & Bacon provides a competitive salary and comprehensive salary and benefits package for professional staff which includes medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, retirement plan with a generous contribution plan, and paid time off.