Senior Litigation Paralegal
Location: Chicago, Illinois – Near Grant Park
The Organization: Large U.S. Based Multinational Law Firm
Salary & Benefits: Base salary up to $128K, plus generous paid overtime and bonus; 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 Paralegal to provide support to a group of partners in multiple litigation departments. 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.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Review documents regarding incoming and outgoing production and discovery
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Perform document production and review including but not limited to organizing documents, create and maintain privilege logs and performing bates-stamping, redaction, duplication and indexing of documents
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Assemble and collate exhibits and legal documents to assist with preparation of motions and trials
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Assist with trial preparation, including, organizing and preparing trial exhibits, trial notebooks and binders; scheduling, coordinating and communicating with clients, experts and fact witnesses.Oversee junior paralegals and provide case management guidance
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Draft and proofread correspondence, court papers and other legal and non-legal documents
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Prepare documents and materials for trial and arbitration
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Assist attorneys with high complex litigation
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Prepare and organize produced and privileged documents with bates numbers
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Assist with projects, including preparation of Court documents
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Prepare legal articles and memorandums regarding recent reported law decisions
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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)
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Analyze, research and summarize legal information
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Interview and advise clients and witnesses
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Directly interact with legal and compliance professionals
REQUIREMENTS:
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Bachelor’s Degree required
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8+ years of complex litigation experience required
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Strong proofreading, editing and formatting skills; ability to create TOC/TOAs and conduct document comparisons
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Prior experience working with at least one of the following litigation case management and e-discovery software: Relativity or Concordance
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Proficiency using MS Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint; Adobe
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Familiar with DeltaView; Westlaw, LexisNexis, Blue Book and PACER
