Litigation Paralegal
Shook, Hardy & Bacon
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- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Work style
- On-site
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Oct 8
- 11 days ago
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About the company
Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Law practice · 1,001 to 5,000 employees
What you'll do
- Prepare and organize litigation documents, discovery materials, pleadings, case analyses, and deposition or trial outlines.
- Support attorneys and clients through research, records gathering, witness interviews, case updates, calendar maintenance, and trial assistance.
What you need
- Requires a bachelor's degree and/or paralegal certificate or degree with one to two years of relevant experience; alternatively, six years of relevant experience or two years at SHB as Staff Paralegal.
- Education: a bachelor's degree or a professional certificate
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Organizes, digests and codes in the preparation of legal documents for production, deposition or trial preparation, or other litigation and discovery projects.
Prepares correspondence, memoranda, outlines for litigation and discovery projects.
Drafts answers, discovery requests, responses to discovery, basic motions and similar pleadings, under the direction of an attorney.
Summarizes, reviews and analyzes documents, testimony, general literature, and legislative information for litigation or discovery assignments.
Compiles and summarizes pertinent medical, scientific and litigation issues and/or incorporates analyses prepared by others into case outlines, deposition outlines and/or testimony outlines, relevant chronologies and other litigation assignments.
Selects documents to be used in depositions, for trial exhibits or for production.
Obtains public information applicable to the litigation, as well as medical, educational and employment records on parties to litigation.
Interviews witnesses and/or company employees.
Updates clients and litigation teams regarding case status, litigation and discovery issues and assignments.
Maintains calendar or tickler system, subject to case requirements.
Keeps abreast of significant developments in areas of assigned responsibility and areas of expertise, in order to undertake assignments as appropriate.
Understands the full scope of litigation and recognizes relevant information to a case when reviewing documents and/or testimony.
Travels to clients' offices, vendors, trial locations and other locations with minimal notice; assists in the trials of cases.
Utilizes and has an understanding of document and case management software, databases and internet sites as needed.
Keeps track of time in specified intervals and turns in time records as instructed.
Provides mentoring to Staff Paralegal.
Uses excellent verbal, written and communication skills, and is courteous and professional at all times.
Keeps supervisor abreast of current issues and potential problems as they develop; seeks advice as needed.
Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university and/or paralegal certificate/degree and one to two years relevant experience; or a minimum of six years relevant experience; or minimum of two years at SHB as Staff Paralegal.