Staff Attorney

Strategic Employment

Staff Attorney

Chicago, IL
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Staff Attorney

    A well-established law firm is looking for licensed attorneys to join their team supporting complex commercial litigation matters. This is a remote full time Staff Attorney role, Texas or Illinois bar/license required.

    What you'll do:

    • Conduct first- and second-level review of ESI for responsiveness, relevance, privilege, confidentiality, and key issues
    • Apply review protocols and coding guidelines consistently across large document sets
    • Identify key facts, themes, custodians, and timelines relevant to case strategy
    • Escalate privileged, sensitive, or case-critical documents to supervising attorneys
    • Perform QC/QA on coding decisions and support privilege log creation
    • Support deposition, motion, and trial preparation through targeted document analysis
    • Work within Relativity and other leading e-discovery platforms, including TAR, CAL, and AI-assisted review tools
    • Participate in reviewer training and calibration sessions
    • Prepare document summaries, chronologies, and factual memoranda
    • Assist with first-pass discovery requests/responses and firm knowledge research as needed

    What you'll need:

    • J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing (Texas preferred; Illinois also considered)
    • Experience with complex commercial litigation
    • Strong familiarity with e-discovery platforms and review workflows
    • Excellent analytical thinking, written communication, and attention to detail