Paralegal

Posted 11 Days Ago
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Chicago, IL, USA
In-Office
Mid level
Professional Services
The Role
Support litigation teams by managing case documents, calendaring deadlines, coordinating local counsel and experts, preparing discovery, depositions, trial exhibits, filings, and maintaining client records.
Summary Generated by Built In

Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP is seeking a paralegal with 3-5 years of experience. The primary practice areas that this position will support include, but are not limited to, insurance defense, toxic tort, premise liability, product liability and transportation.

Hawkins Parnell represents a variety of clients from global corporations to small local businesses and individual clients in high-risk litigation and business disputes across the country and U.S. Territories. The successful candidate will be a part of a national team of 250 lawyers and professional staff coast to coast.

If you would like to be a part of this fast-paced team, you are encouraged to apply.

What You Will Be Doing:

  • Managing cases including maintaining document control, calendaring docket deadlines and coordinating and monitoring local counsel
  • Preparing and organizing documents such as forms, charts, letters, etc.
  • Reviewing and summarizing depositions and records
  • Facilitating expert retention, providing materials to experts, and coordinating deadlines for expert reports and depositions
  • Assisting with trials including organizing trial documents and exhibits
  • Preparing for depositions
  • Preparing for hearings
  • Reviewing and producing documents
  • Drafting discovery documents and form pleadings/motions
  • Requesting and organizing records
  • Maintaining client records
  • Assisting with e-filing

What You Need To Bring:

  • 3-5 years of paralegal experience in similar practice areas
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Demonstrated initiative and self-direction
  • Proficiency in MS Office suite including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint

What You Will Receive

  • Exposure to extremely varied types of work
  • Health & welfare benefits including medical, dental, vision
  • HSA and FSA plans
  • Company provided life insurance with additional guaranteed issue life insurance available
  • Company paid long-term disability coverage and available short-term disability coverage
  • 401K plan with firm contribution
  • Profit sharing
  • Parental leave
  • Employee Assistance Program

Why Hawkins Parnell & Young?

Hawkins Parnell is a national litigation powerhouse with offices spanning the United States. Our 250-person litigation team defends prominent individuals and small businesses to many of the largest corporations in high-risk litigation and business disputes nationwide.

Over the last half-century, our success has relied on one distinction: OUR PEOPLE. We rely on the uniqueness of each team member to create a culture that drives innovation and exceptional results for our diverse client roster. Through actively embracing different backgrounds and perspectives, we foster an environment that is vibrant, challenging, and rewarding.

Hawkins Parnell & Young is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

Skills Required

  • 3-5 years of paralegal experience in insurance defense, toxic tort, premises liability, product liability, or transportation
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Demonstrated initiative and self-direction
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The Company
354 Employees
Year Founded: 1963

What We Do

Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP is a national defense litigation firm that represents many of the largest and most well-known companies in high-risk litigation and business disputes. With a litigation team of over 250 professionals, the firm develops winning defense strategies and brings cases to verdict across all 50 U.S. states, specializing in complex commercial, labor, and employment matters.

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