Litigation Paralegal

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Litigation Paralegal

Regular Full-Time Overland Park, KS, US

13 days ago Requisition ID: 1687

Salary Range: $60,000.00 To $75,000.00 Annually

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 Litigation Paralegal to join our Kansas City team. The ideal candidate must be a self-starter who is highly organized and possesses the ability to effectively prioritize. This position is 100% in person for the first 90 days and then switches to hybrid: 3 days in office, 2 days remote .

Responsibilities include

• Responsible for all aspects of cases assigned from initial intake to trial
• Responsible to 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 responsive pleadings, witness disclosures, dismissals and other assigned pleadings
• 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
• Preparing trial notebooks and other document productions
• Billable work may include billing summaries and medical summaries

Qualifications

• 3+ years of litigation paralegal experience
• Asbestos, Toxic Tort, Products Liability, or Personal Injury experience preferred
• Ability to work in fast paced environment and handle large volume of work
• Ability to attend trials, both locally and nationally.

Why should you work for Foley Mansfield?

• Competitive salary and benefits (including medical, dental, and vision)
• Free mental health and therapy benefit (Modern Health app)
• Employer-paid life and disability coverage
• 401k with employer contribution

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.

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