Paralegal Jobs in Chicago, IL

About The Position

Requirements

• Significant experience supporting matters in Federal Court.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced law firm environment.
• Ability to provide exceptional client service.

Responsibilities

• Assist attorneys with case strategy, motion practice, pleadings, and other litigation-related filings.
• Use case files, legal databases, and research resources to gather and develop information relevant to pending matters.
• Draft discovery requests and responses, including Requests for Production, Interrogatories, Requests for Admission, Notices for Discovery and Inspection, and related documents.
• Maintain and organize electronic case files and litigation materials.
• Track litigation deadlines, court dates, discovery schedules, and filing requirements.
• Coordinate depositions, mediations, hearings, arbitrations, and trial logistics.
• Review, summarize, and organize deposition transcripts and testimony.
• Prepare and organize exhibits for motions, depositions, discovery responses, hearings, arbitrations, and trial.
• Prepare trial, hearing, arbitration, and mediation binders and notebooks.
• Assist with drafting pleadings, motions, proposed orders, evidentiary objections, continuance applications, and other litigation documents.
• Prepare and electronically file documents in state and federal courts, ensuring compliance with applicable court rules, procedures, and deadlines.
• Prepare timelines, case chronologies, demonstrative exhibits, and witness materials.
• Draft routine legal correspondence.
• Review outgoing document productions, including redacting, Bates labeling, and quality control review.
• Prepare litigation hold notices, preservation letters, subpoenas, and document requests.
• Conduct legal research using LexisNexis and other legal research platforms.
• Conduct factual investigations, public records research, and social media research to support litigation matters.
• Review, summarize, and analyze records and case-related documents in support of litigation matters.
• Communicate with legal support staff, clients, experts, vendors, court personnel, and opposing counsel as directed.
• Assist attorneys with trial, arbitration, and hearing preparation, including exhibit management, witness coordination, and preparation of trial notebooks.
• Perform other duties as assigned.