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BSP Law is a boutique litigation law firm with a national presence seeking to fill the role of Receptionist. BSP’s culture of excellence is based on the egalitarian vision of its founding members: a litigation practice where talented attorneys and support professionals thrive in a collegial environment. We are looking for a professional to be the face of BSP upon entering our office suite in Troy, Michigan. The ideal candidate will be a proactive problem solver with outstanding communication skills and meticulous attention to detail. This person will be confident, organized, personable, and exhibit a professional demeanor. The right candidate must also have a high level of comfort with conferencing equipment.
Job Duties Include:
- Welcomes visitors and be the poised, friendly, helpful face of the firm.
- Troubleshoot problems with conferencing equipment and related technology.
- Maintain daily attendance documents for in-person attendance.
- Coordinate food selections for meetings and events.
- Assist Administrative Assistants with tasks when needed.
- Maintain clean and orderly reception area, conference rooms, café and snack area.
- Sort and distribute incoming mail.
Required Qualifications:
- 2+ years of experience working in an office setting.
- Poised and energetic with outstanding client-service skills.
- Proficient with office technology and conferencing equipment, specifically Teams and Zoom, and Microsoft Office software.
- Ability to prioritize, show strong attention to detail, and work efficiently in a fast-paced work environment where attention to detail is common.
- Someone with foresight, who actively seeks opportunities and proposes solutions.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Outstanding client service skills.
- Critical thinker and active listener.
Bush Seyferth PLLC, a litigation boutique with offices in Michigan and Texas, seeks associates for its growing product liability team. Though smaller than “big law” firms, BSP punches well above its weight class, providing nationwide litigation services with trial skills second to none. Some of America’s best-known companies look to BSP for successful results in complex business litigation and appeals.
Many of our attorneys have returned to working mostly in-office, but BSP has embraced a forward-looking hybrid in-person/remote environment. Depending on qualifications and role—and after initial on-boarding—we will consider remote-first candidates.
Successful candidates will demonstrate:
- Outstanding interpersonal, analytical, organizational, and communication (both written and oral) skills;
- Strong attention to detail and highly responsive and efficient work habits;
- A desire to produce top-quality work and continually improve;
- Leadership and ownership on cases; and
- Excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills.
Skills & Qualifications:
- Experience in civil litigation, including drafting pleadings, taking depositions, and arguing motions;
- Deep thinker; efficient researcher; persuasive writer and speaker; and
- Michigan or Texas Bar License (or ability to waive in).
Job duties include:
- Identification and analysis of complex legal issues;
- Drafting and responding to discovery requests (which requires gathering, organizing, and indexing large volumes of paper and electronic materials);
- Drafting and responding to motions;
- Taking depositions and assisting with preparation of witnesses for depositions;
- Frequent communication with opposing counsel, experts, witnesses, and clients;
- Frequent analysis of technical issues;
- Analyzing engineering documents and various other file materials, and preparing these materials for electronic production; and
- Responding to deposition notices (which includes proper objections, scope analysis, and definition).
We provide a competitive compensation package, including the following benefits and other perks;
- Market-competitive salary
- Bonuses
- 401(k) program
- Health coverage
- Pet insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Remote work options
- Vacation stipend
- Professional development stipend
- In-suite, complimentary gym (in Michigan)
Bush Seyferth PLLC, a litigation boutique with offices in Michigan and Texas, seeks associates for our growing class actions and appeals team. This group focuses on litigation strategy, research, and writing, with many team members rounding out their dockets with end-to-end litigation. BSP may be small, but we punch above our weight class, regularly working (and sometimes competing) with other leading firms around the country.
Many of our attorneys have returned to working mostly in-office, but BSP has embraced a hybrid in-person/remote environment moving forward. Depending on qualifications and role, we will consider remote-first and non-full-time candidates.
Job Duties Include:
- Spotting and analyzing complex legal issues across topics;
- Drafting and editing trial-related filings, including motions: on critical discovery issues, to dismiss, for summary judgment/disposition, relating to class certification, to exclude experts, in limine, for directed verdict, new trial, and/or JNOV;
- Supporting trial teams, largely for legal issues, sometimes in person. This role includes drafting portions of pre-trial briefs and objections, jury instructions, verdict forms, bench briefs; (see Teaming Up: Appellate and Trial Counsel Partnering to Win);
- Drafting appellate briefs and petitions/applications;
- Editing legal arguments written by others for accuracy and persuasion, sometimes on short deadlines;
- Arguing motions and appeals;
- Strategizing and conducting fact discovery (including written discovery and depositions); and
- Investigating and working with experts, including depositions.
Skills & Qualifications:
- Enjoys challenging, complex legal issues;
- Experience with brief-writing (or equivalent);
- Excellent research and writing skills;
- Deep thinker; efficient researcher; persuasive writer and speaker;
- Michigan Bar License (or ability to waive in); and
- Class action experience is a positive.
Benefits & Other Perks:
- Competitive compensation package
- Bonuses
- 401(k) program
- Health coverage
- Paid parental leave
- Remote work options
- In-suite, complimentary gym (in Michigan)
Bush Seyferth PLLC is a boutique litigation firm with a national practice seeking an experienced paralegal to work as part of our discovery team. BSP’s culture of excellence is based on the egalitarian vision of its founding members: a litigation practice where talented attorneys and support professionals thrive in a collegial environment. The ideal candidate will be a proactive problem solver with a professional demeanor, outstanding communication skills and meticulous attention to detail, and who is capable of managing a large volume of complex cases with voluminous document productions. This person will be confident, assertive, flexible, and personable. A sense of humor is a big plus.
Job duties include:
- Draft discovery responses for attorney review.
- Document review and organization, prepare documents for production, both hard copy and electronic.
- Analyze and interpret client documents, including engineering documents, and other technical information and translate for reports and discovery responses.
- Assist attorneys with some motion practice and depositions.
- Familiarity with Relativity is a plus.
- Be ready and eager to take on more responsibility and grow.
Required Qualifications:
- College degree and/or paralegal experience.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Excellent oral and written communication ability.
- Outstanding client service skills.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Programs (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
- High level of comfort with technology, including the ability to learn new software and procedures quickly.
- Critical thinker and problem solver.
- High degree of self-motivation and ability to work independently under tight deadlines.
What we offer:
- Salaried position, plus discretionary merit-based annual bonus.
- 401(k) program
- Health coverage
- Paid parental leave
- Remote work options
- In-suite, complimentary gym
- Genuine team environment with fantastic colleagues.
Please send a brief cover letter introducing yourself and a resume to careers@bsplaw.com No phone calls please.
Bush Seyferth PLLC is a boutique litigation firm with a national practice seeking an experienced trial paralegal. BSP’s culture of excellence is based on the egalitarian vision of its founding members: a litigation practice where talented attorneys and support professionals thrive in a collegial environment. The ideal candidate will be a proactive problem solver with a professional demeanor, outstanding communication skills and meticulous attention to detail, and who is capable of managing a large volume of complex cases with voluminous document productions. The trial paralegal position requires someone who has a proactive approach to handling cases and can work independently. This person will be confident, assertive, flexible, and personable. A sense of humor is a big plus.
Job duties include:
- Research and analyze law sources such as statutes, judicial decisions, legal articles, treaties, constitutions, and legal codes to prepare legal documents such as briefs, pleadings, or appeals, etc. for use by attorneys.
- Draft legal documents for review and use by attorneys.
- Compile and prepare draft discovery responses.
- Categorize and interpret data; review and analyze reports, responses, and records produced by opposing counsel.
- Coordinate requests among multiple parties involved in litigation by way of consistent communication with client, BSP attorneys, and others.
- Prepare subpoenas and manage document productions.
- Assist in investigation.
- Coordinate document productions and prepare privilege logs.
- Prepare and manage exhibits for depositions, briefs, hearings, mock trials, and trials.
- Attend evidentiary hearings, mock trials, and trials to assist with exhibits and trial software.
- Experience reviewing and summarizing medical records is preferred, but not required.
Required Qualifications:
- College degree and/or paralegal experience.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Excellent oral and written communication ability.
- Outstanding client service skills.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Programs (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
- High level of comfort with technology, including the ability to learn new software and procedures quickly.
- Critical thinker and problem solver.
- High degree of self-motivation and ability to work independently under tight deadlines.
What we offer:
- Salaried position, plus discretionary merit-based annual bonus.
- 401(k) program
- Health coverage
- Paid parental leave
- Remote work options
- In-suite, complimentary gym
- Genuine team environment with fantastic colleagues.
Please send a brief cover letter introducing yourself and a resume to careers@bsplaw.com No phone calls please.
Bush Seyferth PLLC is a boutique litigation firm with a national practice seeking to fill the role of a Legal Administrative Assistant. BSP’s culture of excellence is based on the egalitarian vision of its founding members: a litigation practice where talented attorneys and support professionals thrive in a collegial environment. The ideal candidate will be a proactive problem solver with a professional demeanor, outstanding communication skills and meticulous attention to detail. This person will be confident, assertive, flexible, and personable. A sense of humor is a big plus.
Job Duties:
- Coordinate complex scheduling and extensive calendar management.
- Organize emails and other case-related documents into case folders within the document management system.
- Draft, edit, format, and finalize documents.
- Organize and track case materials.
- Maintain/update contact lists, distribution lists, and case lists.
- Conduct conflict checks and initiate the necessary paperwork to open and close matters.
- Assemble and maintain case organization documents, including to-do lists, master case spreadsheet, chronologies, etc.
- Create case information sheets, notebooks, and deposition preparation notebooks, including exhibits for depositions.
- Schedule depositions and deposition preparation sessions.
- Request documents from clients.
- Gather responsive documents from BSP database.
- Draft correspondence to opposing counsel.
- Send document production to opposing counsel.
- Handle travel arrangements and submit expense reports.
- Understand court requirements and prepare documents for filing with the court, including e-filings.
- Organize and input attorney time utilizing the Firm’s time-entry software.
- Create and maintain a listing of attorney and client-specific information of items or tasks to be done to provide a high level of support.
- Provide backup to other Legal Administrative Assistants and Receptionist as needed.
- Note, this list of duties is not exhaustive; the job may include duties not explicitly identified.
Required Qualifications:
- 5+ years of high-level executive assistant experience (legal preferred).
- A high degree of discretion is required.
- Proficient with office technology and conferencing equipment, specifically Zoom and Teams, and Microsoft Office software, including the ability to learn new software and procedures quickly. Experience with Netdocuments, Sharepoint and OneNote a plus.
- Ability to prioritize, show strong attention to detail, and work efficiently in a fast-paced work environment where strict deadlines are common.
- Someone with foresight, who actively seeks opportunities and proposes solutions.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Outstanding client-service skills.