Litigation Paralegal

Beacon Hill Staffing Group; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

401(k)

Professional development support

Workplace flexibility following on-bo

Beacon Hill offers comprehensive and a

Job summary

Beacon Hill Legal seeks an experienced Litigation Paralegal to support a sophisticated civil litigation practice. You will work closely with attorneys and clients on matters from inception through trial.

The ideal candidate is proactive, highly organized, and comfortable taking ownership of active matters while anticipating deadlines and next steps. This role offers professional development and strong benefits.

Qualifications

• At least three years of substantive civil litigation paralegal experience with strong discovery and eDiscovery skills.
• Working knowledge of state and federal court procedures and electronic filing systems.
• Strong technology, research, organization, and case-management skills with the ability to manage competing deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail, communication, initiative, and the ability to work collaboratively with attorneys and clients.

Responsibilities

• Manage case files, calendars, deadlines, state and federal court filings, and document-intensive matters.
• Draft pleadings, discovery, subpoenas, correspondence, and other litigation documents; coordinate document collection, review, production, and eDiscovery.
• Review records and evidence, conduct legal and factual research, and prepare summaries, chronologies, exhibits, and case materials.
• Coordinate with clients, witnesses, experts, courts, opposing counsel, and vendors, and assist with depositions, hearings, mediations, arbitrations, and trials.

Skills

Litigation paralegal experience

eDiscovery

Case management

Legal research

Attention to detail

Tools

Electronic filing systems

Job description

Beacon Hill Legal is seeking an experienced Litigation Paralegal to support a sophisticated civil litigation practice. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with attorneys and clients on complex business, employment, real estate, and other civil matters from case inception through trial.

The ideal candidate is proactive, highly organized, and comfortable taking ownership of active matters while anticipating deadlines and next steps.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage case files, calendars, deadlines, state and federal court filings, and document-intensive matters.
• Draft pleadings, discovery, subpoenas, correspondence, and other litigation documents; coordinate document collection, review, production, and eDiscovery.
• Review records and evidence, conduct legal and factual research, and prepare summaries, chronologies, exhibits, and case materials.
• Coordinate with clients, witnesses, experts, courts, opposing counsel, and vendors, and assist with depositions, hearings, mediations, arbitrations, and trials.

Qualifications

• At least three years of substantive civil litigation paralegal experience, including strong discovery and eDiscovery skills.
• Working knowledge of state and federal court procedures and electronic filing systems.
• Strong technology, research, organization, and case-management skills, with the ability to manage competing deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail, communication, initiative, and the ability to work collaboratively with attorneys and clients.

Why Join

• Handle challenging, high-quality legal work in a collaborative mid-sized firm environment.
• Work directly with attorneys and take a meaningful role in matters from inception through trial.
• Receive competitive compensation, bonus opportunities, comprehensive benefits, a 401(k), professional development support, and workplace flexibility following onboarding.

Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

California residents: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Company Profile:

Founded by industry leaders to set a new standard in search, career placement and flexible staffing, we deliver coordinated staffing solutions with unparalleled service, a commitment to project completion and success and a passion for innovation, creativity and continuous improvement.

Our niche brands offer a complete suite of staffing services to emerging growth companies and the Fortune 500 across market sectors, career specialties/disciplines and industries. Over time, office locations, specialty practice areas and service offerings will be added to address ever changing constituent needs.

Learn more about Beacon Hill and our specialty divisions, Beacon Hill Associates, Beacon Hill Financial, Beacon Hill HR, Beacon Hill Legal, Beacon Hill Life Sciences and Beacon Hill Technologies by visiting www.bhsg.com.

Benefits Information:

Beacon Hill offers a robust benefit package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, and federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility. Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings.

We look forward to working with you.

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