Job Description

High-stakes litigation meets a supportive, on-site culture. Butler Snow LLP, Ridgeland office is looking for an experienced Litigation Paralegal to help us provide the gold standard in client representation. We offer the stability and reach of an Am Law 200 firm, paired with an office dynamic where your voice matters and your hard work is recognized. If you’re ready to be an integral part of a winning team, let’s talk!

What you would do:

• Draft correspondence including pleadings, discover, motions, orders, and notices.
• Schedule and maintain case calendars
• Research complex issues using Westlaw or Lexis Nexis.
• Investigate legal matters including fact check, witness interviews and summarization
• Manage document production and trial prep including notebooks, exhibits and case law cite checks.
• File pleadings, motions, and through ECF or conventionally in the county courts
• Review and summarize depositions, medical records, and other documents.
• Manages, oversees and prepares large document productions (several thousand pages)
• Sorts, indexes, categorizes, orders, manipulates and organize the documents/data including summarizing medical records, deposition transcripts, and discovery responses
• Manages logistical details of preparing for a trial which includes details ranging from numbering exhibits to tracking court dates and filing deadlines
• Acts as liaison between clients, experts, vendors, opposing counsel and other parties in a litigation or transaction
• Collaborates with attorneys, paralegals and other professionals to accomplish firm goals
• Other duties as assigned by Attorneys or Director of Practice Support

What you bring:

• Minimum of 5 years of paralegal experience
• Trial experience
• Paralegal certificate or undergraduate degree from an accredited paralegal program is desired
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Mastery of Microsoft Office Suite including excel, word and power point
• Experience capturing and recording billable time
• High degree of detail and client focus
• Experience reviewing and summarizing medical records
• Ability to work independently or collaboratively in a team
• Drive and personal initiative

What you gain:

• A phenomenal team in an extraordinary firm
• Ability to grow professionally and personally
• Excellent benefits:
  • Medical, Dental and Vision with wellness component
  • Free Telehealth coverage
  • Caretaker Support
  • Parental Leave
  • MilkStork
  • Discount Gym Memberships
  • Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Pet Insurance
  • 401K and profit sharing (after completion of eligibility requirements)
  • Generous Paid Time Off Plus Paid Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement
• In-house training and development

If you like to learn new skills, take initiative, and solve problems and do not wait to be asked, this may be the role for you.

Butler Snow is a values-driven organization with a strong sense of community. We are actively involved in community projects in our 25 plus offices throughout the United States through the Butler Snow Foundation. At Butler Snow, we believe inclusion is a key driver of innovation and creativity. We have long been committed to fostering, maintaining, and celebrating an environment where creative solutions and new ideas are welcomed. We believe our diverse workforce contributes to our competitive advantage.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

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