Top Paralegal Jobs in Chicago, IL

Supports the Legal department with regulatory filings, legal memoranda, governance meeting documentation, confidentiality and FOIA requests, legal research, records management, and compliance tracking. Coordinates with attorneys, management, internal stakeholders, regulators, and outside counsel while maintaining confidential legal records and databases. The role requires strong organization, communication, analytical, research, and multitasking skills, with preferred experience in regulatory filings, legal departments, project management tools, and paralegal work.

Support clients seeking disability benefits or insurance compensation by conducting interviews, analyzing medical records, drafting persuasive SSA memos, coordinating with representatives, managing caseloads, and collaborating with attorneys on case strategy. The role also involves improving workflows and contributing to startup initiatives with Marketing and Product. It is fully remote with quarterly travel to Los Angeles and occasional offsites.

Senior Paralegal supporting corporate governance, entity management, contracts, compliance, AI governance, risk mitigation, intellectual property, M&A, litigation, insurance, and legal operations. The role drafts and negotiates agreements, manages corporate records and contractual obligations, partners with internal and external counsel, improves legal processes, and mentors junior team members.

Provides attorneys and paralegals with litigation data management and case organization support. Responsibilities include managing, analyzing, and maintaining databases; reviewing data for inconsistencies; storing documents in NetDocs; communicating data changes; and supporting legal AI adoption. The role requires strong organization, confidentiality, communication, time management, Microsoft Office proficiency, electronic court filing experience, and two years of litigation experience. Asbestos experience is preferred, along with meeting a 1,000-hour billable requirement.

The Intellectual Property Paralegal manages the internal patent docketing system, communicates with external law firms, and tracks critical deadlines for patent prosecution.

Supports attorneys with contract review, drafting, execution tracking, legal research, compliance projects, legal matter intake, document management, audits, and regulatory inquiries. Maintains legal records and contract management systems, coordinates with business stakeholders and outside counsel, handles confidential information, and uses AI-enabled solutions to improve legal operations.

Supports patent prosecution matters for US, PCT, and international applications. Monitors legal deadlines, prepares and files patent applications and Information Disclosure Statements, manages assignment recordations, reviews agency correspondence, maintains matter files, communicates with clients and attorneys, and tracks billable time. The role requires strong knowledge of patent law, CFR and MPEP, proficiency with electronic filing systems and Microsoft Office, and at least eight years of patent prosecution experience.

Supports Assistant State’s Attorneys at the Bridgeview Courthouse through legal research, transcript and pleading review, filing motions, preparing exhibits, managing discovery, organizing files, reviewing digital media, and assisting with evidence preparation for hearings. The role requires confidentiality, strong communication and organizational skills, paralegal certification, research support experience, and proficiency with Microsoft Word and LEXIS.

Supports litigators and business stakeholders across litigation, arbitration, regulatory, investigative, and pre-litigation matters. Responsibilities include discovery coordination, legal holds, document collections, outside counsel management, budgeting, invoice review, legal research, case-material summaries, reporting, and trial preparation. The role also maintains matter data, improves litigation operations, manages deadlines, and mentors junior paralegals.

The Founding Paralegal will support attorneys on corporate, employment, contracting, fundraising, compliance, and governance matters. Responsibilities include drafting and managing legal documents, coordinating workflows, conducting legal research, maintaining client records, communicating with clients, and developing playbooks, templates, and technology-enabled processes to scale legal service delivery.

Own attorney and client relationships, coordinate case progress from intake to resolution, provide status updates, remove bottlenecks, and ensure timely, high-quality client communication and case velocity in collaboration with Legal Ops.

Part-time corporate paralegal supporting global legal on entity maintenance, contract management and review, records management, litigation support, eDiscovery, transaction due diligence, invoicing, electronic signatures, and notary duties. Works on projects to simplify entity structure and streamlines legal operations, reporting to General Counsel.

Supports a consumer financial services litigation practice by conducting legal and public-record research, managing case files and e-discovery databases, organizing and reviewing document productions, preparing deposition and trial materials, drafting legal documents, and coordinating deadlines across multiple matters. The role requires accurate document management, billing time, compliance with ethical guidelines, teamwork, and occasional training of other paralegals.

Provides virtual paralegal support for criminal defense matters, including client communication, trial preparation, legal document processing, court calendar management, discovery, subpoenas, revocation petitions, criminal history requests, data entry, and case file preparation. Also supports general office operations and public-facing responsibilities.

Supports criminal defense matters through client communication, trial preparation, legal document processing, court calendar management, discovery, subpoenas, revocation petitions, criminal history research, data entry, and case file maintenance. Provides office and front-desk support while collaborating with defense attorneys and department staff. Requires criminal defense experience, bilingual English and Spanish fluency, legal or paralegal experience, case management software experience, and residence in LATAM.

Provide fractional paralegal support to alternative investment clients: prepare fund formation documents, manage investor onboarding and KYC/AML, coordinate regulatory filings and examinations, maintain corporate records and document systems, assist with contracts, legal research, HR legal matters, and support special projects and outside counsel.

Supports complex legal matters and contracts with minimal attorney supervision. Reviews, drafts, negotiates, and manages commercial agreements; coordinates contract intake, stakeholder requirements, risk identification, and execution. Maintains templates, clause libraries, playbooks, contract systems, and trademark portfolios. Tracks contract metrics, monitors workflows, conducts legal research, drafts legal documents, and improves contracting processes.

Supports attorneys with trademark and copyright portfolio management, prosecution, maintenance, enforcement, due diligence, clearance searches, registration filings, TTAB matters, client correspondence, and deadline coordination. The role requires at least six years of law-firm trademark prosecution and maintenance experience, strong legal research and organizational skills, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Provides paralegal support for trademark and copyright portfolio management, prosecution, maintenance, enforcement, and IP due diligence. Responsibilities include preparing trademark, service mark, copyright, TTAB, and title update filings; conducting trademark clearance searches; drafting client and counsel correspondence; tracking deadlines; and coordinating updates with attorneys and clients. Requires two to three years of law-firm trademark experience, strong organization, legal research skills, and preferably a paralegal certificate.

The Paralegal Manager administers the firmwide paralegal program, leading staffing, work allocation, onboarding, training, mentoring, performance management, and compensation recommendations. The role supports complex tort and product liability litigation, improves workflows and productivity, monitors compliance and performance metrics, and identifies opportunities to use automation and AI. This position collaborates with legal, recruiting, professional development, and firm leadership teams to deliver consistent, high-quality support to attorneys and stakeholders.

Manages and negotiates high-volume commercial agreements, including SaaS subscriptions, MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, DPAs, and BAAs. Supports Sales and Procurement with deal enablement, contract workflows, risk reviews, healthcare compliance, CLM administration, templates, reporting, audit readiness, and process training. Coordinates with Security, Privacy, Finance, and Customer Success while escalating non-standard risks to attorneys.

Supports attorneys with litigation case management, discovery drafting and organization, document review, legal and factual research, pleadings, hearings, depositions, mediations, and trial preparation. Responsibilities include preparing exhibits and pretrial pleadings, coordinating witnesses and vendors, organizing case records and databases, and communicating professionally with clients, attorneys, and staff. Requires California litigation experience, particularly in personal injury and construction defect matters.

Manage end-to-end contract negotiations and lifecycle processes for higher education partners, including drafting, redlining, approvals, execution, renewals, and RFP responses. Serve as the primary liaison with procurement and legal offices, maintain contract tracking systems, and ensure terms align with billing, revenue recognition, and budgeting. Support billing plans and collections, improve templates and workflows, and identify contract-to-cash process improvements while managing multiple negotiations.

Manage corporate governance, legal entity administration, corporate records, subsidiary maintenance, and strategic transaction support. Prepare consents, resolutions, certificates, filings, and due diligence materials; coordinate with stakeholders, outside counsel, registered agents, and service providers; track compliance and transaction deadlines; conduct legal research; and improve legal-team processes and recordkeeping.

Provides litigation and operational support for high-volume product liability and mass tort settlements. Manages claims data, settlement documents, databases, deadlines, payment requests, reporting, court filings, and claim assessments. Coordinates with attorneys, clients, opposing counsel, settlement administrators, and vendors while ensuring compliance with client, court, legal, and ethical requirements.