What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hybrid Litigation Paralegal position at Foley and Mansfield, P.L.L.P.?
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 Detroit office located in downtown Ferndale. The ideal candidate must be a self-starter who is highly organized and possesses the ability to effectively prioritize. This position is hybrid: 2 days in office, 3 days remote.
Responsibilities include:
- Responsible for all aspects of cases assigned from initial intake to trial
- 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.
- Retrieve documents as needed or requested
- Enter pertinent information from interrogatories, military records, social security earnings etc. into database
- Assist with preparing motions and exhibits
- Management and organization of certified transcripts
- Managing trial documents and exhibits
- Managing document productions
- Billable work to include billing summaries and medical summaries
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 3 years litigation paralegal experience
- Strong background in asbestos, Toxic Tort, Products Liability, and/or Personal Injury litigation
- Familiarity with the asbestos docket in Wayne County and other counties in MI strongly preferred
- Ability to work in fast paced environment and handle large volume of work
- Ability to attend trials as needed
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.