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Legal Staff Paralegal in Belleville, IL

Law Firm Staff Dec 21,2016 Location USA Belleville IL
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Law Firm

Legal Staff

Litigation - Foreclosure (Lender-side)

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Law Firm Staff brings you up to date and high quality legal staff openings in law firms and in-house legal departments of business organizations. In addition, we help solo attorneys hire experienced personnel from the legal industry. We not only have the best law firm staff positions, but we also have the most. Litigation Paralegal The candidate will assist with all aspects of deposition and other discovery preparation, trial preparation, pre-trial compliance, preparation for jury voir dire, trial, post-trial and appellate proceedings, including preparation for oral arguments, case strategy conferences and preparation and filing of motions and briefs electronically or manually. Will review, analyze and draf discovery requests and responses, subpoenas, notices and other court pleadings and documents, including summarizing transcripts and medical records. Identifies, investigates, collects, analyzes and organizes factual evidence, including deposition and witness outlines, and deposition and trial exhibits. Conducts legal and factual research including investigating factual issues by review and analysis of documents, telephone interviews, and field investigation. Participates with the creation of databases, performs data entry, conducts database searches, and generates reports. Identifies, calendars and complies with regulatory agency or court-imposed schedules and orders in accordance with local, state and federal rules and regulations, including coordinating and negotiating scheduling of case events such as depositions and conferences. Creates and manages organizational systems for case documents and document productions. Assumes responsibility for operation of trial support technology. Delegates assignments and case-related work to other paralegals, litigation clerks, staff employees and/or temporary employees at the appropriate level of competence to complete the assignment or task in an acceptable and timely manner. Cite-checks and blue-books briefs and gathers and prepares exhibits for same. Communicates with client and other parties and advises attorney regarding same. Performs any and all other duties identified by the supervising attorney as necessary to provide professional, cost-effective legal representation to the client.

The candidate must have 3+ years of asbestos litigation experience. Should possess a bachelor degree or a paralegal certificate. Must possess a high level of professionalism and interpersonal skills so as to be able to work well with employees at all levels within the organization and maintain all information in the strictest of confidence. Required to use tact and diplomacy when dealing with others. Must have ability to read, write and communicate fluent English; ability to compose documents in the appropriate business style using correct grammar and spelling; ability to communicate clearly using proper grammar and diction over the telephone. Must be detail oriented and have excellent organizational skills; ability to balance multiple projects, work independently and have strong time management skills, as well as prioritize work load. Must have ability to reason and apply common-sense understanding to situations encountered.

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