IP Litigation Paralegal - Benesch Law

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Benesch is proud to announce the opening for an IP Litigation Paralegal in our Chicago office!

Position Summary:

Are you a seasoned litigation paralegal looking for a fast-paced challenging position? Do you thrive on working on trials and complex litigation matters? Are you looking to be an integral part of a litigation team and work hand-in-hand with trial attorneys at all levels? Do you have IP litigation experience, or prior IP exposure or just a desire to learn the world of IP? Then our IP Litigation Paralegal position might be your next career move. This role is for the experienced litigation paralegal who is excited about managing large scale litigation matters from start to finish as well as being heavily involved in trials.

The IP Litigation Paralegal is responsible for providing support and assistance to attorneys with intellectual property litigation - litigation involving copyrights, patents, or trademarks. Responsibilities include coordination, management, and supervision of all aspects of litigation, including but not limited to handle large caseloads, prepare drafts of legal and other documents and correspondence for attorney review; compile, analyze and summarize information and coordinate efforts between attorneys, clients outside legal counsel, opposing legal counsel, other parties and outside vendors.

Essential Functions:

1. Drafts, reviews and/or analyzes routine legal documents as requested by attorneys.
2. Manage large-scale discovery and e-discovery matters, including document preservation, collection and production.
3. Provides hands-on operational litigation technology support, including but not limited to projects such as database creation and maintenance; importing images into databases; searching data; exporting data; reformatting and converting data; designing forms and reports; e-discovery processes; scanning, OCR and coding use.
4. Organizes and maintains case files using a variety of automated procedures.
5. Assists with preparing attorneys and witnesses for depositions and court appearances, including without limitation by assembling case files and evidence.
6. Prepares for trials in state and federal court, including managing trial support, creating and overseeing trial exhibits, setting up war rooms and attending trial to assist with presenting evidence, and traveling as needed.
7. Reviews and summarizes depositions.
8. Manages and assists with finalizing witness affidavits.
9. Reviews documents for privilege and drafts privilege logs for attorney review.
10. Performs legal and factual research, analyze and summarize legal sources such as statutes, recorded judicial decisions, legal articles, treatises, constitutions, legal codes and law-related information relevant to IP.
11. Interacts with outside entities (i.e., courts, government agencies, expert witnesses, corporations, vendors and other law firms) to gather information or coordinate activities as needed in support of firm activities, specifically trials and arbitrations.
12. Acts as the liaison between case team attorneys and support staff as needed to ensure that case-specific paralegal services are meeting the team's expectations.
13. Meet billable goals as established by practice management.

Additional Responsibilities:

1. May require overtime as needed.
2. Performs additional office support duties as assigned/requested.

Confidentiality:

Due to the nature of your employment, various documents and information, which are of confidential in nature, will come into your possession. Such documents and information must be kept confidential at all times.

Qualifications:

7+ years of complex litigation experience required, preferably with 3+ years of IP experience. Paralegals should preferably hold a valid Paralegal certification, in addition to seven to ten years of litigation experience in an AmLaw 150 firm or specialist litigation practice area. Experience with all stages of litigation, including intake, discovery and trial, in addition to preparing for and attending trials/arbitration hearings is required. Experience with Opus 2, TextMap, CaseMap, iManage (or comparable DMS), Everlaw, Relativity, Trial Director, MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) are preferred. Must have solid time management and organizational skills; high level of accuracy and attention to detail; self-motivated and pro-active; and have excellent customer service attitude. Must be available for overtime work and travel as needed.

The salary range for this position is $81K to $162K.

Please note that quoted salary ranges are based on Benesch's good faith belief at the time of the job posting and are not a guarantee of what final salary offers may be. Base pay is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Base pay is only one part of the Total Rewards that Benesch provides to compensate and recognize our staff professionals for their work. Full-time positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benesch is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability (where applicant is qualified to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodations), medical condition, protected veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Applicants who are interested in applying for a position and require special assistance or an accommodation during the process due to a disability should contact the Benesch Human Resources Department by phone at 216-363-4578 or email at cwatson@beneschlaw.com.

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