Top Paralegal Jobs in Chicago, IL

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.

Supports personal injury litigation matters in Texas and Pennsylvania by drafting complaints, discovery, motions, and responses; coordinating service of process, depositions, litigation deadlines, and client updates; managing non-party discovery; and assisting with trial preparation. Requires at least eight years of personal injury litigation experience, with Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and PACFile experience preferred. This is a fully remote role with a digital law firm.

Supports litigation teams by managing case files and caseloads, tracking case status, reviewing and organizing documents, preparing privilege logs and litigation materials, assisting with depositions and trial preparation, monitoring court dockets, and handling electronic filings. The role requires strong organization, accuracy, communication, confidentiality, and the ability to manage changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Provides trademark and copyright portfolio management support, including preparing registration, prosecution, maintenance, TTAB, title update, and copyright filings. Conducts trademark clearance searches, assists with IP due diligence, drafts client and local counsel correspondence, and tracks attorney and client deadlines. Requires strong legal research, organization, attention to detail, prioritization, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced law firm environment.

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.

Supports litigation matters through case management, discovery, document review and production, trial preparation, exhibit preparation, investigation, research, and client communication. Organizes large caseloads, drafts and responds to discovery, indexes case materials, and assists at trial. Requires litigation paralegal experience, familiarity with state and federal civil procedure rules, and proficiency with Relativity or comparable litigation support software.

Leads complex litigation, corporate transactions, discovery, and legal document management. Manages corporate governance for domestic and international subsidiaries, including entity records, regulatory filings, SEC reports, stockholder meetings, M&A support, and licensing or KYC requests. Coordinates with counsel, vendors, finance, tax, and other cross-functional teams; mentors junior staff and independently manages high-stakes projects and deadlines.

Administer commercial agreements from intake through approval, signature, and ongoing contract management. Maintain CLM records, track renewals and obligations, prepare summaries, support audits and due diligence, coordinate stakeholders, and escalate issues requiring legal judgment. The role also improves contract procedures, templates, workflows, and automation while handling confidential information.

Supports immigration matters by preparing and filing petitions, assisting with U.S. talent visa processes, researching immigration laws and regulations, and collaborating with cross-functional teams on legal compliance. The role suits an organized, adaptable paralegal with immigration documentation experience who is interested in contributing to an AI-driven startup law firm serving international teams.

Litigation Paralegal prepares pleadings, motions, discovery, mediation statements, case chronologies, deposition summaries, document indexes, and witness profiles. The role researches procedural issues, leads client fact-gathering calls, manages deadlines across multiple matters, maintains case-system records, and identifies case gaps or delays. Strong legal writing, litigation experience, empathy, organization, and clear communication are essential.

Supports attorneys with litigation and discovery projects by preparing legal documents, drafting pleadings and discovery materials, reviewing and summarizing evidence, researching public and case-related information, coordinating witnesses and records, maintaining case calendars, updating clients and teams, assisting with trials, and managing litigation databases and documents. Provides mentorship to staff paralegals and may travel to client offices, vendors, and trial locations.

Supports attorneys with U.S. patent prosecution, including docket management, USPTO filings, patent formalities, assignment searches and recordings, office action responses, issue fee payments, portfolio transfers, client reporting, deadline tracking, and file maintenance. The role requires strong organization, attention to detail, communication, confidentiality, client service, and the ability to manage multiple deadlines independently. The paralegal also handles billing and administrative responsibilities and works in a hybrid Chicago or Dallas office environment.

Provides substantive support for a global privacy program, including privacy agreement review, data subject rights requests, compliance tracking, legal research, policy drafting, privacy assessments, audits, and cross-functional coordination. The role independently manages routine privacy matters, maintains compliance and legal documentation, monitors global privacy regulations, and supports governance, remediation, and reporting activities.

Supports Homebound’s in-house legal team across contracts, real estate transactions, licensing, insurance, warranty claims, sales agreements, homeowner disputes, litigation, and land acquisitions. Partners with business teams and outside counsel across multiple states, manages numerous concurrent matters, and provides practical legal guidance during market expansion and daily operations.

Provides virtual paralegal and administrative support for criminal defense matters. Responsibilities include client communication, trial preparation, legal document and correspondence processing, court calendar management, jury panel and discovery coordination, subpoena preparation, revocation petition filing, criminal history research, database maintenance, and front-desk support. Requires criminal defense experience, bilingual English and Spanish fluency, legal or paralegal experience, case management software knowledge, and residence in LATAM.

Lead global entity management and corporate governance activities across domestic and international subsidiaries. Responsibilities include entity formations, registrations, statutory filings, governance documents, board support, powers of attorney, apostillization, M&A due diligence, licensing, compliance reporting, and coordination with internal teams, outside counsel, registered agents, and regulatory agencies. The role also improves entity-management processes, maintains procedures and data quality, and supports development of the company’s legal and compliance function.

Prepare and file U.S. patent prosecution documents, manage prosecution dockets and deadlines, obtain client instructions, track office actions and assignments, and accurately record billable time. The role requires strong organization, attention to detail, teamwork, and at least five years of U.S. patent prosecution experience. Foreign prosecution experience is a plus. The position requires meeting a 1,300-hour annual billing target and working in the office at least three days per month.

Supports the General Counsel through corporate paralegal work and executive administration. Responsibilities include drafting and reviewing contracts, managing corporate records and filings, supporting governance, M&A, compliance, KYC, subpoenas, and legal research. The role also coordinates executive meetings, communications, travel, expenses, budgets, document management, office operations, and stakeholder relationships.

Supports corporate and regulatory legal operations across multiple states, including entity management, regulatory filings, registered agent oversight, corporate governance, equity administration, and finance coordination. Maintains compliance calendars, capitalization records, legal documentation, and audit materials while coordinating with Finance, Clinical Operations, outside counsel, and service providers. The role also supports board matters, financings, tax filings, legal spend, and healthcare regulatory applications.

Manages trademark clearance searches, USPTO prosecution filings and Office Action responses, portfolio deadlines, TTAB and enforcement support, and client and foreign associate communications. Maintains accurate docketing records, prepares search reports and infringement materials, and independently manages multiple client matters in a remote, technology-forward environment.

Supports a high-volume in-house legal practice by managing request intake, tracking matters, coordinating stakeholders, preparing routine legal documents, reviewing documents and spreadsheets, and producing reports and presentations. Maintains legal operations tools, templates, policies, procedures, databases, files, and records. Handles confidential information and assists with legal, compliance, operational, and business projects.

Supports commercial contracting by drafting, reviewing, redlining, and negotiating agreements; identifies contractual risks and coordinates with business teams. Manages subpoena and records-request responses, legal holds, e-discovery preservation and collection, and related documentation. Supports claims, litigation, fleet and real estate asset tracking, and potentially employment-based immigration matters. The role requires strong judgment, communication, organization, confidentiality, and independent management of competing deadlines.

Supports the General Counsel with contract drafting and review, legal research, intellectual property management, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, document organization, and coordination with internal teams and outside counsel. Provides administrative legal support, maintains corporate records, tracks obligations and deadlines, and assists with policies and training. The role is remote-first, limited to specified states, and requires quarterly domestic and international travel.

Provides strategic legal support for multistate licensing, regulatory filings, corporate governance, entity management, and complex corporate matters. Responsibilities include drafting governance documents, resolutions, agreements, and correspondence; maintaining corporate records; conducting legal research; supporting projects; preparing regulatory filings; and creating presentations for internal stakeholders and leadership. Partners with corporate attorneys in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment.

Owns day-to-day corporate legal operations, including investor due diligence, audit requests, governance documentation, corporate filings, entity records, outside counsel and legal vendor management. Supports commercial transactions and compliance matters while coordinating with Finance, IT, Tax, Treasury, and People teams. The role may expand into board coordination, legal research, contract drafting, and corporate IP portfolio management.