Litigation Research & Drafting Specialist

Cole Law Group; Brentwood (TN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Health insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

CLE support

Job summary

Cole Law Group, PC is seeking a standout Legal Research Specialist to support attorneys in complex litigation and other sophisticated matters. This role emphasizes research and writing, requiring excellent research, analytical, and drafting skills to tackle complex legal issues and produce clear, persuasive written work.

Licensed attorneys are encouraged to apply; bar admission is preferred, but candidates with exceptional legal research and writing credentials will be considered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• J.D. strongly preferred, but not required for candidates with substantial demonstrated legal research and writing experience.
• Exceptional legal research, analytical, and writing ability.
• Demonstrated ability to independently research complex and unfamiliar legal questions.
• Ability to draft persuasive legal arguments rather than simply summarize research.
• Excellent command of grammar, organization, citation, and professional legal writing.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Experience with Westlaw, Lexis, or comparable professional legal research tools strongly preferred.
• Prior experience in litigation, appellate work, a judicial clerkship, law review, legal research, or another writing-intensive legal environment is preferred.
• Admission to practice law in one or more U.S. jurisdictions is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct sophisticated legal research involving federal and state statutes, regulations, procedural rules, and decisional law.
• Analyze complex legal and factual issues and prepare concise, well-supported written Draft motions, briefs, memoranda of law, pleadings, discovery, demand letters, and other substantive legal documents for attorney review.
• Research procedural, evidentiary, jurisdictional, and substantive issues arising in state and federal litigation.
• Assist attorneys in identifying and developing potential claims, defenses, and legal arguments.
• Review and improve legal drafts for organization, persuasiveness, accuracy, citation support, and compliance with applicable rules.
• Cite-check and verify authorities, quotations, factual assertions, and record citations.
• Work collaboratively with Firm attorneys across multiple practice areas and jurisdictions.

Skills

Legal research

Drafting

Analytical thinking

Writing

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree

J.D. strongly preferred

Tools

Westlaw

Lexis

Job description

Cole Law Group, PC is seeking a standout Legal Research Specialist to support attorneys in complex litigation and other sophisticated matters. This role emphasizes research and writing, requiring excellent research, analytical, and drafting skills to tackle complex legal issues and produce clear, persuasive written work.

Licensed attorneys are encouraged to apply; bar admission is preferred, but candidates with exceptional legal research and writing credentials will be considered.