Litigation Paralegal

Foley & Mansfield, a professional limited liability partnership, is a national law firm with more than 110 attorneys in offices from coast to coast. We provide legal expertise, creative solutions and extensive trial experience for large corporations, small businesses, and individuals.

We have an opportunity for a Paralegal to join our Chicago team. The ideal candidate must be self-starter who is highly organized and possesses the ability to effectively prioritize. Responsibilities include:

• Responsible for all aspects of cases assigned from initial intake to trial
• Requesting medical records and bills and summarizing same
• Responsible for retaining, providing information, scheduling calls and testimony, and maintaining relationships with experts
• Maintaining client extranet with pertinent information and use as a main form of communication in updating client
• Preparing Trial Notebooks and document productions
• Receiving and processing documents and entering information into Case Management System as well as naming, saving and filing in the firm’s electronic repository.
• Requesting documents such as military records, social security earnings etc.
• Assisting with preparing motions and exhibits
• Managing and organizing certified transcripts
• Managing trial documents and exhibits
• Managing document productions
• Other duties as assigned
  
  

Qualifications

• At least three years of litigation paralegal experience
• Litigation and/or Personal Injury experience preferred
• Ability to work in fast paced environment and handle large volume of work
• Ability to attend trials, both locally and nationally
• experience with trial war room and trial support a plus
• Must be proficient at reviewing, analyzing, and drafting insightful synopsis of medical records
  
  

In return for your talents, we offer a competitive salary and benefits package which includes flexible benefits for healthcare/dental/vision, life insurance, disability, 401(k), professional development and training, generous PTO and paid holidays, mental health benefit, and more.

We encourage all qualified candidates to submit your resume and salary requirements for consideration.

Foley & Mansfield believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees, staff, applicants and candidates is critical to our success as a national firm, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Foley & Mansfield is an equal opportunity employer and provides an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and candidates without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable state and federal laws.

Foley & Mansfield PLLP participates in the federal government's E-Verify program. We provide the Social Security Administration and, if applicable, the US Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.