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Paralegals & Legal Assistants

SLG, an award-winning business litigation boutique, is recruiting paralegals to join its team. An inspirational presence in the legal industry since 2017, SLG takes a client-centric approach to dispute resolution, resulting in multiple Fortune 100 companies repeatedly retaining SLG to resolve contractual, financial services, product liability, labor, employment, and personal injury claims through litigation, arbitration, investigations, and trial.

The winning candidates will join a firm devoted to coaching its employees to reach their professional goals. Under the supervision of an attorney, paralegals will work on cases through the entire life of the case, including developing strategy, fact-finding, preparing legal documents, assisting attorneys in taking and defending depositions, attending hearings, mediation, and trial. Paralegals should also have a working knowledge of Federal and Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, CM/ECF, and Texas E-Filing.

 

Know Your Role

  • Work with and assist attorneys on a heavy caseload of litigation defense and investigative matters.
  • Assist attorneys with discovery, trial preparation, and preparing trial binders
  • Draft pleadings, motions, and other legal documents and correspondence.
  • Communicate with clients, opposing parties, court personnel, and vendors.
  • Contact witnesses and interact with courts.
  • Obtain records, maintain exhibits and witness lists, and prepare chronologies and summaries.
  • Schedule meetings and hearings, including court reports and videographers for depositions.
  • Record billable time and expenses contemporaneously and meet minimum billing requirements.

 

Be A Star In Your Role

  • Ethical, future-focused, positive mindset, team player with a learner mentality
  • Entrepreneurial spirit, ready to learn, eager to take on new responsibilities
  • 3+ years of civil litigation experience
  • Work independently while handling multiple files
  • Exceptional time management, writing, and verbal communication skills

 

What SLG Offers You

  • Positive, empowering, and collaborative work environment
  • Competitive salary and discretionary bonuses based on years of experience
  • Hybrid work flexibility
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • HSA with employer contribution
  • STD, AD&D, and life insurance
  • EAP and mental health advocacy services
  • 401k with employer contribution
  • Paid time off plus ten paid holidays
  • Payment of state and local bar dues and the attorney occupation tax
  • Discretionary investment in Employee Empowerment Program (up to $2,500 a year)

 

Get in the Game

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About Stewart Law Group

Founded in 2017, Stewart Law Group is the largest minority and woman-owned business litigation firm in the Dallas-Fort Worth area that handles commercial, product liability, insurance, employment, and labor disputes. Nationally recognized for its excellence in legal services, SLG represents Fortune 100 companies across the country in court and arbitrations. Based on the firm’s Founding Partner’s background as a former collegiate student-athlete and coach, SLG lives in the team concept and invests time and resources in coaching the next generation of legal professionals.

Ready to get in the game? Join our roster.

We seek highly qualified attorneys and staff to join our growing, diverse team.

  • Associates with 3 to 10 years of employment, commercial, or personal injury litigation experience.
  • Partners with 10+ years of employment, commercial, or personal injury litigation experience.
  • Paralegals with 3-5+ years of experience in commercial, employment, or personal injury experience on the defense side of the docket.

We are scouting skilled and experienced lawyers who have experience handling investigations for companies, drafting pleadings, discovery, and initial litigation plans, and attending hearings, depositions, trials, and mediation. We value strategic out the box thinking, teamwork, diversity, and superior performance, as well as giving back to the community. Top candidates are those who can quickly grasp complex legal issues, understand client business objectives, have a servant leadership mindset, and who will embrace SLG’s core values. SLG is not the typical law firm, so we are not looking for typical lawyers and paralegals.

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