Job Title: Trial Paralegal - Personal Injury Litigation
Job Responsibilities:
- Own the trial calendar by tracking every deadline from complaint through verdict, ensuring nothing is missed between discovery cutoff and closing argument.
- Engineer the record by drafting and finalizing discovery requests, deposition outlines, motions in limine, exhibit lists, jury instructions, and witness subpoenas with precision.
- Build trial-ready files by assembling and maintaining digital and physical trial binders, deposition digests, medical chronologies, and demonstratives for quick access to facts, exhibits, or impeachment clips.
- Command logistics by coordinating expert inspections, focus groups, mock juries, video production, courtroom technology, and war-room setup.
- Anticipate the opposition by analyzing defense disclosures, spotting evidentiary weaknesses, and recommending counter-moves to confine the other side before voir dire.
- Support in the arena by sitting second-chair at trial, managing real-time exhibits, interfacing with court personnel, and conducting rapid-fire research when unexpected situations arise.
- Communicate relentlessly to keep clients, adjusters, experts, and treating physicians synchronized, ensuring that testimony and demonstratives are delivered effectively.
Education and Experience Information:
- A minimum of 3 years dedicated to preparing personal-injury cases for jury trial, with verdict experience strongly preferred.
- Mastery of Michigan and federal discovery rules, ESI protocols, and trial procedures.
- Proficiency with trial software and advanced document-management platforms.
- A track record of driving high-stakes dockets forward under tight timelines.
- Ability to maintain poise under pressure, with the stamina and flexibility to work intensively as trial dates approach.
- Clear and confident writing skills, with an instinct to anticipate opposing counsel's moves.
Salary Information:
- Competitive salary commensurate with trial experience, starting from $50, per year.
- Additional benefits include 401(k) with generous firm match, Blue Cross Blue Shield health, dental, and vision coverage, paid parking in New Center, PTO after 90 days, and firm holidays.
Other Information:
- This is a full-time, in-office position in Detroit, MI.
- The role may require early starts, late finishes, or weekend work as part of trial preparation.
- The successful candidate will join a tight-knit, collaborative team that values sharp ideas and decisive action.
- The position requires the ability to commute or relocate to Detroit, MI 48202 before starting work.
