Litigation Paralegal

Hartline Barger, LLP; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D

Short- and long-term disability

Health savings account

401(k) with employer match

Hybrid schedule after 90 days

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Hartline Barger LLP in Dallas, TX, seeks a Litigation Paralegal with 3+ years of litigation paralegal experience, ideally in personal injury or catastrophic loss defense. You will handle discovery-heavy work, analyze records, calendar deadlines, and prepare exhibits.

The first 90 days in office, after which the role moves to a hybrid schedule with two remote days per week. The firm emphasizes thorough file management, with a billable target set below some firms to allow thorough practice.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university and/or a paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat.
• Strong analytical skills and advanced written and verbal communication.
• The instinct to flag a gap in a production or an expert file without being asked, and to propose how to close it.
• Sound judgment and the ability to work independently in a high-volume, team environment.
• Daily contemporaneous time entry and adherence to firm and client billing guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Discovery-heavy, document-intensive work on personal injury and catastrophic loss defense matters where the records are voluminous and deadlines are real.
• Obtain and analyze medical, financial, tax, and employment records, prepare medical chronologies, compile evidence from discovery documents and transcripts, calendar and track case deadlines, build trial notebooks and exhibits, and research expert qualifications and prior testimony.
• We are looking for someone who reads a production and notices what is missing from it.
• Our billable target is set deliberately below what some firms ask, because the file management and coordination work above is essential to the practice and is not separately billed.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Adobe Acrobat

Analytical skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree

ABA-approved paralegal certificate

Job description

Litigation Paralegal

The Essentials

• 3 or more years of litigation paralegal experience; personal injury or catastrophic loss defense preferred
• 1,680 billable hours per year, roughly 140 per month
• Your first 90 days will be in the office. We offer a hybrid schedule following your probationary period where employees enjoy 2 remote days a week

The Job

Discovery-heavy, document-intensive work on personal injury and catastrophic loss defense matters where the records are voluminous and the deadlines are real. You will obtain and analyze medical, financial, tax, and employment records, prepare medical chronologies, compile evidence from discovery documents and transcripts, calendar and track case deadlines, build trial notebooks and exhibits, and research expert qualifications and prior testimony.

We are looking for someone who reads a production and notices what is missing from it.

Our billable target is set deliberately below what some firms ask, because the file management and coordination work above is essential to the practice and is not separately billed. We would rather you have room to do it well.

What We Look For

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university and/or a paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program
• Above-average demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat
• Strong analytical skills and advanced written and verbal communication
• The instinct to flag a gap in a production or an expert file without being asked, and to propose how to close it
• Sound judgment and the ability to work independently in a high-volume, team environment
• Daily contemporaneous time entry and adherence to firm and client billing guidelines

Compensation and Benefits

• Salary DOE.
• Medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Health savings account with monthly employer contribution on the high-deductible plan.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Hybrid schedule after your first 90 days.
• Generous paid time off.

Hartline Barger LLP, founded in 1994, serves clients across the country from five offices in Dallas, Houston, and Corpus Christi, Texas, and Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Nationally recognized in product liability litigation and across personal injury defense, commercial litigation, toxic torts, and warranty and deceptive trade practice litigation, we built our firm with lawyers who, simply stated, like to try cases.

Hartline Barger LLP is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Contact [e-mail] if you need an accommodation during the application process.