Paralegal

Description

The Hartline Barger LLP Houston office is seeking an energetic and reliable paralegal to join our busy litigation team.  The ideal candidate must have excellent research and writing skills, as well as the ability to exercise sound judgment, think creatively and work independently.

Requirements

Responsibilities:

· Obtain, review and analyze documents, including medical records and financial records, tax and employment records, or any other relevant information.

· Provide a medical record chronology.

· Prepare for trial by preparing trial notebooks, exhibits, and witness files.

· Compile evidence and supporting information by searching records, discovery documents, transcripts, libraries, and databases.

· Manage files and documents.

· Draft pleadings and discovery

· Summarizing depositions and discovery responses

· Coordinate with support services and clients, opposing law firms, and courts

· Calendar and track all discovery and various other deadlines.

· Generate status reports, logs, and indexes.

· Correspond with clients and opposing law firms.

· Research and analysis of case issues, including medical research of facts, medical articles, and expert articles.

· Communication of issues with experts and investigation and analysis of expert qualifications and experience, including prior transcripts, testimony and articles.

Requirements:

Education/Experience/Skills/Abilities

• 5 years’ experience in defense litigation.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university and/or Paralegal Certificate from an ABA-approved program.

• Spanish proficiency (reading, writing, and speaking) preferred. 

• Above average proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat.

• Strong analytical skills, as well as advanced oral and written communication skills are necessary.

• Strong time management and organizational skills with an ability to work in a high volume office and team environment are essential.

We offer competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D Insurance, 401(k) savings plan and generous paid time off. 

Hartline Barger LLP is a law firm founded in 1994, serving clients across the country, with offices in Dallas, Corpus Christi, Houston, Lubbock, TX and Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Nationally recognized for our work in product liability litigation and a broad spectrum of practice areas—from personal injury defense, commercial litigation and toxic torts to warranty and deceptive trade practice litigation—we have built our firm with lawyers who, simply stated, like to try cases.