Chicago- Direct Hire Plaintiff Side Paralegal

LHH Recruitment Solutions is anticipating a variety of openings with our law firm clients in the Chicago legal market. In particular, we are anticipating multiple law firm clients that will be reaching out to our team looking for experienced Plaintiff Litigation Paralegals.

Many of our clients offer very competitive salaries, full benefits packages and very reasonable annual billable hour requirements.

Qualifications:

1. 3 years of litigation experience, specifically plaintiff side litigation is required. Much of this experience needs to be specific to a sophisticated litigation and trial practice but pre-suit litigation experience is not what our clients are looking for.
2. Experienced with handling medical files, requesting medical records, reviewing medical records, summarizing medical chronologies and an expert level proficiency with medical terminology.
3. Proactive, flexible, with excellent organizational and communication skills
4. Proficiency with MS Office, Adobe, and legal case management software. Additional software includes Relativity, Trial Director and other trial specific legal software.
5. Bachelors Degree and or an A.B.A. approved Paralegal Certificate.
6. Preferred if candidates possess a degree or certificate in English, Creative Writing or something that lends itself to the ability to review legal documents for grammar, punctuation, syntax etc.

Duties:

1. Managing litigation matters from start to finish
2. Drafting, formatting, and proofreading correspondence and legal documents including notices, pleadings, discovery documents, subpoenas, exhibit lists, etc.
3. Handling discovery and document production
4. Summarizing depositions, ordering medical records and summarizing medical records.
5. Assisting attorneys with trial preparation and case management
6. Conducting legal research as assigned.

All resume submissions are kept strictly confidential.

Pay Details: $70,000.00 to $110,000.00 per year

Search managed by: Nicholas Romley

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