Skills & Abilities:
- 2-10 years of attorney experience-personal injury or asbestos experience preferred
- Competent to Expert knowledge and demonstrated competency in the following:
- Legal procedures and processes regarding case sign ups, depositions and testimony
- Legal research and writing
- MS Office Word, Excel, Adobe, and Outlook
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Self-motivated and well-organized
- Ability to problem solve and strategize
- Ability to learn and retain industrial and medical information
- Compassion for helping terminally sick clients
- Adaptable and responsive to client needs based on health status
- Represent clients injured by exposure to asbestos
- Prepare assigned asbestos disease cases in a team environment
- 80% travel time to meet clients, potential clients, and other witnesses across the United States
- Conduct client and witness interviews, both in person and on the phone, to obtain and evaluate information
- Gather and analyze information by examining records such as Social Security, Medical, Military, and Union records
- Prepare and conduct depositions of fact witnesses
- Summarize testimony from fact witness depositions
- Licensed to Practice Law in Illinois
- Must be able to pass pre-employment background check