Litigation Paralegal (remote to start)
Location: Chicago, IL
The Organization: Large U.S. Based Multinational Law Firm
Salary & Benefits: Base salary up to $80K, plus generous paid overtime and bonus after 37.5 hours; Competitive Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage; Transit Program; generous Paid Time Off; 401K w/match; Life Insurance; exceptional culture.
Summary: Top-ranked law firm is seeking a Litigation Paralegal to provide support to a group of partners in multiple litigation departments, with an emphasis on litigation. Having the confidence and skills to support a fast-paced environment is essential. Someone who has the desire to work as a member of a respected firm, with experience working with federal and state courts.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Review documents regarding incoming and outgoing production and discovery
- Perform document production and review including but not limited to organizing documents
- Assemble and collate exhibits and legal documents to assist with preparation of motions
- Assist with trial preparation, including, organizing and preparing trial exhibits, trial notebooks and binders; scheduling, coordinating and communicating with clients, experts and fact witnesses.
- Draft and proofread correspondence, court papers and other legal and non-legal documents
- Prepare documents and materials for trial and arbitration
- Assist attorneys with all patent litigation matters
- Prepare and organize produced and privileged documents with bates numbers
- Assist with projects, including preparation of State and Federal Court documents
- Prepare legal articles and memorandums regarding recent reported law decisions
- Research local rules relating to procedure for various court venues and research precedent from other cases in those venues (ex. judge’s bio, research prior decisions and opinions, etc)
- Analyze, research and summarize legal information
- Interview and advise clients and witnesses, under attorney supervision
- Directly interact with legal and compliance professionals
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor’s Degree or Paralegal Certificate required
- 2+ years of litigation experience, with a desire to learn patent law
- Strong proofreading, editing and formatting skills
- Prior experience working with at least one of the following litigation softwares preferred: iManage, Relativity or Concordance
- Proficiency using MS Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint; Adobe Creative Suite
- Familiar with DeltaView; Westlaw, LexisNexis, Blue Book and PACER preferred