Litigation Associate

Description:

A Law Firm in Saint Louis, Missouri currently has an opening in the Chicago-East office for an Associate Attorney with 5+ years of experience to join the Litigation Practice Group, primarily working on toxic tort matters.
Missouri and Illinois licenses will be required.
Position Responsibilities Include:

• Responsible for day-to-day tasks as well as the strategic process of case management for asbestos and toxic tort matters.
• Attend depositions, settlement conferences, and other hearings.
• Prepare motions, discovery responses, client reports.
• Assist in trial preparation including strategy, discovery, records review, client interview, and witness preparation.

• 5+ years of litigation experience in the areas of asbestos and/or toxic torts related issues.
• Extensive witness, party and expert deposition practice is preferred.
• Superior analytical writing, and excellent communication skills required.

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