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Paralegal – Join a Leading Litigation Team  Support. Strategize. Succeed.  Hybrid Work Opportunities Available  Tyson & Mendes, a nationally recognized law firm specializing in insurance defense litigation, is seeking an experienced and detail-oriented paralegal to support our attorneys in civil litigation, personal injury, and construction defect matters. If you thrive in a fast-paced legal environment and want to be part of a collaborative, high-performing team, we’d love to hear from you. This is a hybrid position (2-3 days/week in office) at 666 Dundee Road, Suite 303, Northbrook, IL 60062.   Why Tyson & Mendes?  At Tyson & Mendes, we offer more than just a job—we offer a career path supported by a strong, inclusive culture. Our paralegals are trusted members of the litigation team, and we invest in their growth and success.  Here’s what sets us apart:  * Work alongside talented attorneys and legal professionals in a team-focused environment * Be part of a culture that prioritizes respect, transparency, and inclusion * Enjoy hybrid work flexibility, supporting work-life balance and productivity * Access professional development through mentorship, training, and ongoing learning * Benefit from a competitive billable hours bonus program that recognizes your contributions    What You’ll Do and Who You Are  As a Paralegal at Tyson & Mendes, you’ll be a key player in supporting attorneys through every phase of litigation. You will assist with case management, draft and proofread legal documents, organize, review, and manage large volumes of records related to litigation, and assist with preparing for depositions, hearings, and trials.  You’ll leverage legal technology and case management tools to stay organized and streamline workflows in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.  We’re looking for a highly motivated paralegal with at least three years of experience in civil litigation, insurance defense, or personal injury matters. You should be skilled in processing records and trial preparation, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities. Strong communication skills, professionalism, and a collaborative mindset are essential, along with proficiency in Microsoft Office and legal document management systems.     Responsibilities  * Ability to assist attorneys with propounding and responding to discovery (interrogatories, requests for admissions, and request for production, subpoenas, and preparing deposition binders) and motions (preparation of any supporting documents and exhibits, and preparing hearing binders) * Ability to manage trial preparation including: coordination of witnesses and travel, trial exhibits, charts, trial notebook, subpoenas, and page lines * Independently obtain, review and organize medical records/medical billings, calculate damages including medical expenses, lost wages and property damage * Work as part of a team with all levels of experiences * Routine communications with clients, experts, and attorneys about case status and preparation     Requirements  * Paralegal certification * Minimum of 3-5 years experience as a litigation paralegal * Experience with litigation in the state of Illinois is highly encouraged * Solid understanding of civil litigation (state and federal deadlines and rules) * 2-3 days/week in office (666 Dundee Road, Suite 303, Northbrook, IL 60062) * High proficiency in MS Suite, specifically Word, PowerPoint and Outlook and Adobe Acrobat * Ability to think and act independently and with minimal supervision * Articulate, organized and a team player with excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills * Highly organized with strong attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines * Professional appearance and demeanor   Compensation Package * Hourly pay range of $30-$43/hour, depending on experience * Overtime paid at 1.5× the regular hourly rate, as needed * Paralegals are eligible for an annual bonus ranging from $250-$3,000 * Employees receive a monthly technology reimbursement of $60 * Comprehensive benefits coverage offered, including plans available at zero employee cost (average annual employee contribution for health/vision/dental coverage is $700-$1,700) * Employees benefit from a 401(k) program that includes a 100% match on the first 3% contributed and a 50% match on the following 4-5% * Paid parental leave at base pay rate   Benefits   * 37.5-hour standard workweek designed to promote balance and prevent burnout * Employee Assistance Program through HealthAdvocate * Vacation time is accrued annually at the employee’s base rate * Internal diversity and inclusion programs, such as the Women’s Initiative and Young Professionals Initiative * Firm-wide charitable giving program * Numerous social and off-site events each year to enrich your relationships with your colleagues Why Tyson & Mendes? We are one of the country’s fastest growing civil defense firms. We have steadily and successfully made our mark as a trailblazer in the legal ecosphere. We are a progressive, dynamic and diverse firm that prides ourselves in breaking the mold upheld by the “traditional” law firm. Here, you will discover an exceptionally smart, deeply talented team, who have continuously made a profound impact on the lives of literally hundreds of thousands of people. From Howell vs. Hamilton Meats, to our many trial wins, our mission every day is to provide unparalleled service and achieve exceptional results for our clients. In addition to our outstanding legal work, we take an innovative approach to law firm management that invests wholly in our employees. OK, now for the legal copy (we are a law firm, after all). It is Tyson & Mendes’ policy to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors. By the way, if you read all of this, congratulations – we can already tell your attention to detail is exceptional. NOTICE TO APPLICANTS/EMPLOYEES OF TYSON & MENDES: Please take notice that the Firm collects certain information about you. For more information on the Firm’s policies, please refer to the document provided here [https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A752e8f45-95b3-3ccf-a831-51114100f2d6].   Follow along with the firm on Twitter [http://twitter.com/tysonmendes]and LinkedIn, or visit www.tysonmendes.com [https://www.tysonmendes.com]. No recruiters/agencies #li-hybrid   Pay Range $30—$43 USD

About Rewards Network  For 41 years, Rewards Network has been helping restaurants grow revenue, increase traffic, and boost customer engagement through innovative financial, marketing services, and premier dining rewards programs. By offering unique card-linked offers, we introduce diners to fantastic restaurant experiences, leveraging advanced technology and data analytics to deliver value to restaurants, diners, and our strategic partners' loyalty programs.  Our Culture  At Rewards Network, you'll be part of a driven and diverse team that excels in collaboration, issue resolution, and taking ownership of both personal growth and the company's success. We take pride in partnering with the world's most powerful loyalty programs to drive full-price paying customers to local restaurants through marketing services and flexible funding options. Our engaging and rewarding environment is designed to help you gain your full potential.  Job Overview The Data Engineering Lead is responsible for driving the modern data engineering foundation at Rewards Network while providing technical leadership across both data engineering and data science functions. The team is mid-migration —actively building on a modern stack— and this role exists to ensure disciplined execution, enforce architectural clarity and consistency.   The right person is a hands-on player-coach that is comfortable building teams as we invest in building out this competency as a core pillar of our long-term competitive advantage and strategy. That means assessing the current in-flight build and making deliberate decisions about what to keep and what to replace. Initially, the Data Engineering Lead will also manage the Data Science team, including acting as a key resource to the team, prioritizing work, and clearing roadblocks.    This is a hybrid position that requires in office presence 3 days a week (Tuesday-Thursday) in Chicago.  WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE TABLE: (RESPONSIBILITIES) * Establish and enforce architecture standards that ensure consistent designs that produce repeatable results.   * Assess the current state of our data infrastructure — evaluate what needs refactoring, and what should be replaced — then execute on that plan with the team.  * Lead the continued build-out of the modern data stack, including ELT pipelines, stream ingestion, transformation logic along with storage and compute — serving as the technical authority when the team needs a decision made.  * Hire and develop data engineering talent, grow the team with engineers experienced in modern ELT architectures and develop the existing team members through mentorship, code review, and technical leadership.  * Define and maintain the data model RFC process, reviewing proposed changes, enforcing boundary discipline, and ensuring no undocumented changes promote to canonical layers.  * Directly lead the data science team, setting priorities, managing workstreams, and translating business problems into clearly scoped DS projects — fostering a culture of accountability, technical rigor, and continuous improvement.  * Own data pipeline monitoring and observability, ensuring production pipelines have appropriate alerting, data quality checks, and incident response processes so failures are caught early and resolved quickly.  * Provide regular visibility into team progress, architectural decisions, and risks to senior leadership, communicating tradeoffs clearly and escalating when business commitments are at risk.  DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT MIX OF INGREDIENTS: (REQUIREMENTS) * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)  * 6–10 years of experience in data engineering or a closely related discipline  * 2+ years in a technical lead or staff-level individual contributor role  * Familiarity with data science workflows, ML model lifecycle, and MLOps concepts  * Expertise in data engineering — including model design, testing strategy, incremental patterns, and layer boundary governance * Experience designing and enforcing data modeling standards in a team environment — not just building models, but establishing the patterns others follow  * Demonstrated ability to bring a team along technically — through code review, documentation, mentorship, and setting standards that stick  * Familiarity with CI/CD for data pipelines (GitLab or equivalent) — including automated testing, deployment workflows, and environment promotion strategies  * Experience with data observability and monitoring — alerting on pipeline failures, data quality degradation, and freshness SLAs (familiarity with tools like Elementary, Monte Carlo, or equivalent)  * Strong decision-making under ambiguity — this role requires someone who can move forward with incomplete information and course-correct, not someone who needs consensus to proceed  * Clear, direct communicator who can translate technical tradeoffs for non-technical stakeholders  * Technical expertise in: Python, Apache Airflow, Apache Kafka, cloud data warehouses (Redshift, GBQ, Databricks)   Education, Certifications and Experience: Preferred  * Advanced degree in a technical field  * Experience at a company that has completed a similar legacy-to-modern warehouse migration  * Prior experience managing or mentoring data engineers  WHAT YOU’LL LOVE ABOUT US:  Comprehensive benefits package, which includes: * This is a full-time, exempt position. The base salary range for this role in Chicago is $190,000–$220,000 annually, depending on candidate's experience, as well as skills, and other factors. This role is also eligible for an annual bonus target of 15%, bringing total target compensation to $218,500–$253,000. * Competitive Time Off Benefits: including flexible PTO, 11 company holidays, and parental leave.  * Generous dining reimbursement when you dine with our restaurant clients  * 401(k) plan with a company match * Two medical plan options- Standard PPO or High Deductible Health Plan (HSA with company match for HDHP participants) * Partnership with Rx n Go, offering certain prescriptions for free * Two dental plan options and a vision plan * Flexible Spending Accounts and a pre-tax commuter benefit program * Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity Insurance Plans * Short Term and Long Term disability  * Company-paid life insurance and AD&D insurance, supplemental employee, spouse, and child life insurance  * Employee Life Assistance Program * Hybrid working environment in a new office space downtown near the Metra Train stations and catered lunches on Tuesdays.  Rewards Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). We encourage and strongly support workplace diversity.   Expected Pay Range $190,000—$220,000 USD