What are the responsibilities and job description for the Commercial Litigation Paralegal position at Beacon Hill?
Beacon Hill Legal is seeking a Senior Litigation Paralegal to join a Midsized Law Firm located in Downtown Chicago! This is a full time, permanent position, 35 hour work week, WFH Flexibility, full benefits, and competitive compensation!
Skills required and Job Duties include the following :
- At minimum 3-7 years of Litigation experience and a 4 year degree OR Paralegal Certificate is preferred!
- Experience and technical expertise within Relativity (or other eDiscovery tools).
- Litigation support tasks , including trial prep and attending trial experience is required.
- Proficiency in legal citation checks.
- Extensive experience with drafting, responding, and reviewing discovery requests, discovery responses, document productions, litigation holds, privilege logs, subpoena preparation and follow-up, and the ability to draft basic pleadings including motions to compel, mediation summaries, and initial pleadings.
- eFiling for Illinois state and federal courts (and federal courts generally).
- Must be comfortable billing 1600 hours annually!
The firm emphasizes on work life balance, have WFH flexibility and Salaries are based on experience ($70K-$120K)!
Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and / or protected veterans are encouraged to apply.
California residents : Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
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Company Profile :
Founded by industry leaders to set a new standard in search, career placement and flexible staffing, we deliver coordinated staffing solutions with unparalleled service, a commitment to project completion and success and a passion for innovation, creativity and continuous improvement.
Our niche brands offer a complete suite of staffing services to emerging growth companies and the Fortune 500 across market sectors, career specialties / disciplines and industries. Over time, office locations, specialty practice areas and service offerings will be added to address ever changing constituent needs.
Learn more about Beacon Hill and our specialty divisions, Beacon Hill Associates, Beacon Hill Financial, Beacon Hill HR, Beacon Hill Legal, Beacon Hill Life Sciences and Beacon Hill Technologies by visiting www.bhsg.com.
Benefits Information :
Beacon Hill offers a robust benefit package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, and federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility. Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings.
We look forward to working with you.
Beacon Hill. Employing the Future (TM)
Salary : $70,000 - $120,000
