Description

The Hartline Barger LLP Dallas office is seeking an energetic and reliable legal assistant to join our busy litigation team. The ideal candidate must have excellent research and writing skills, as well as the ability to exercise sound judgement, think creatively, and work independently.

Requirements

Responsibilities:

• Experience with high volume document production (both receiving production documents from multiple parties and producing documents in response to discovery requests), including organization, indexing, and labeling.

• Compile evidence and supporting information by searching records, discovery documents, transcripts, libraries, and databases.

• Manage files and documents from inception to trial/arbitration.

• Coordinate with support services and clients, opposing law firms, and courts.

• Calendar and track all discovery and various other deadlines.

• Correspond with clients and opposing law firms.

• Research and analysis of case issues, including expert articles.

• Communication of issues with experts and investigation and analysis of expert qualifications and experience, including prior transcripts, testimony and articles.

• Assist with trial preparation as necessary. 

Requirements:

Education/Experience/Skills/Abilities

• 3-5 years’ experience on a construction defects docket and defense litigation.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university and/or Paralegal Certificate from an ABA-approved program preferred.

• Above average proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat.

• Strong analytical skills, as well as advanced oral and written communication skills are necessary.

• Strong time management and organizational skills with an ability to work in a high-volume office and team environment are essential.

We offer competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D Insurance, 401(k) savings plan and generous paid time off. 

Hartline Barger LLP is a law firm founded in 1994, serving clients across the country, with offices in Dallas, Corpus Christi, Houston, Lubbock, TX and Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Nationally recognized for our work in product liability litigation and a broad spectrum of practice areas—from personal injury defense, commercial litigation and toxic torts to warranty and deceptive trade practice litigation—we have built our firm with lawyers who, simply stated, like to try cases.