Paralegal: Litigation
About the job
- A bachelor's degree, paralegal certificate, or equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
- At least 4 years of litigation defense experience is required.
- Be meticulous, diligent, personable, and highly motivated.
- Respond quickly and positively to shifting demands and opportunities.
- Anticipate challenges and exercise independent judgment to make sound decisions and take action.
- Deliver high-quality work and take ownership, responsibility, and accountability.
- Be comfortable learning new technology and processes.
- Be able to travel nationwide to attend trial.
- Be familiar with and follow client billing guidelines, and enter and record accurate billing entries.
- Prepare, edit, and proofread correspondence, agreements, pleadings, and other documents.
- Work with attorneys to advance litigation in each case, regularly update team members on case status, and promptly alert attorneys to important client and case needs.
- Assist attorneys with discovery, including discovery requests, depositions, and issuing subpoenas.
- Assist with document review and analysis using various platforms.
- Manage electronic case files using iManage to keep information organized and easy to locate.
- Prepare for trial by compiling trial materials, coordinating witnesses, preparing and issuing trial subpoenas, preparing and managing exhibits, and attending trial.
- Gather and analyze complex medical records to prepare medical chronologies.
About the company
Bowman and Brooke is a trial law firm that defends manufacturers and other corporate clients in product liability lawsuits, including cases involving catastrophic injury and wrongful death. Its lawyers handle claims over motor vehicles, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, industrial equipment and aviation. The firm also takes on class actions, multidistrict litigation that consolidates similar federal cases, toxic tort and environmental claims, and commercial disputes. Companies retain it as outside counsel through discovery, trial and appeal, and some use its product safety counseling to reduce legal risk before suits are filed. Bowman and Brooke was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Minneapolis, MN
Founded
1985
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Partnership timing is published: Bowman and Brooke cites an average partnership track of seven and a half years.
- Associate pay is posted: the Torrance product liability associate role lists $190,000 to $230,000+, with hybrid work.
- Retirement includes profit sharing: the firm's benefits page lists profit-sharing contributions and employer health savings account deposits.
What critics are saying
- Remote work has limits: the fully remote docketing manager must live in a state with a Bowman and Brooke office.
- Entry pay is modest: Phoenix's part-time case assistant posting lists $20 to $23 hourly for 20 to 25 weekly hours.
- Practice range is narrow: Bowman and Brooke calls itself a product liability boutique, and every listed practice is litigation.
What makes Bowman and Brooke unique
- Trial experience is the core pitch: Bowman and Brooke says it has passed its 1,000th trial.
- Courtroom reach is national: the firm reports trying cases in more than 350 courthouses across 48 states.
- Lead trial lawyers run deep: Bowman and Brooke reports more than two dozen first-chair trial lawyers on staff.
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