Case Management Facility Counsel Attorney

Practice Area: Litigation – Mass Torts – Defense, Job Type: Attorney,

Firm Type: Law Firm, Experience: 5 Years, Winston-Salem office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks case management facility counsel attorney with 5+ years of mass torts experience. The candidate will coordinate with the Senior Counsel to prepare draft pleadings and discovery, and fulfill requests for templates and forms for various mass torts litigation documents. Will have extensive use of client litigation management systems, online case research, and project analysis. Implement and manage effective practices and procedures for litigation knowledge management for proceedings in federal and state courts. Review court papers prior to filing to ensure compliance with court rules, procedures, and practices. Ability to manage paralegals and other paraprofessional staff, including delegating tasks, ensuring adequate training and supervision, and assessing performance. Ensure quality control of work product. Periodically assess new technologies for litigation case and knowledge management, docketing and calendaring, deadline calculation, and related functions performed by Case Management Facility paraprofessionals. Must be proficient with legal research technology, including Westlaw, Lexis, Bloomberg, and other research platforms. Should be proficient in searching and retrieving information from court-related databases (e.g., Courtlink, PACER, eLaw, CourtAlert, etc.) and other online sources of case information. Should have a strong understanding of litigation practice and knowledge of available and required procedural mechanisms for achieving desired strategies and litigation outcomes. This rapidly growing firm has some serious chops with regards to the energy and natural resources, financial, insurance, manufacturing, real estate, retail, transportation, life sciences, communications, and health care sectors. Given the firm?s growth status, this firm promises multiple opportunities for associates to catch a wave and get in on the ground floor of something big.Additional Skills: The candidate should have a high level of familiarity with automated docket management platforms. Strong team management and leadership skills are essential. Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills, with an ability to communicate well at all levels within the firm and build effective internal and external relationships needed. Strong sense of accountability and responsibility, desire to take ownership of projects, identify issues and proactively suggest solutions essential.