Litigation Paralegal - Chicago, United States - Peck Ritchey, LLC

Description

***:Perform a variety of legal assistant related duties such as scheduling, preparing legal documents and correspondence, docketing cases and maintaining dockets and calendars, and providing information to others. This individual will be responsible for ensuring deadlines are met, supporting the attorneys in their caseload, and assisting in billing, court runs, and various other legal duties to ensure the success for our client's cases.


GENERAL PURPOSE:
Provides full range of legal and administrative assistance to multiple attorneys specializing in Elder Law litigation.


POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Generate legal documents and correspondence.
• Complete court preparation and follow up.
• Knows all parties to assigned cases and keeps up with the status on each.
• Prepares and assembles materials, documents, and exhibits for meetings, court appearances and hearings.
• Electronically docket cases, process information, record notices, create correspondence, reports, or other data.
• Proofreads and corrects prepared materials for correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, format, and content.
• Answers telephone as back up to receptionist, takes information and forwards to appropriate party. Takes or relays detailed information from/to callers on behalf of assigned attorneys and develops rapport with clients.
• Inputs, retrieves, updates and maintains information using computerized databases, specifically the Smokeball case management database.
• Works cooperatively with other paralegals in order to work be flexible and helpful to one another.
• Performs related work as assigned.

This position is non-exempt (hourly).

Benefits include Health Insurance, 401(k) matching, and paid vacation and PTO, as well as paid parental leave and professional development assistance.

Employee paid benefits include Dental and Vision Insurance, and section 125 Cafeteria plans (pre-tax benefits), which include FSA, Transit, Parking, and Childcare plans.

Peck Ritchey represents all parties to decedent's estate litigation, trust litigation, contested guardianship, as well as other areas of fiduciary litigation.

Peck Ritchey also offers a broad scope of estate planning services, including wills, trusts, powers of attorney, nursing home planning and planning for children with special needs.

Pay:
$50, $90,000.00 per year


Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k)

matching

• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Travel requirement:

• No travel

Work Location:
In person