Personal Injury Paralegal

Min 2 yrs required

Full-time

No

Law Firm is seeking an experienced Personal Injury Paralegal to join our team. The Personal Injury Paralegal will provide support for our cases from presuit through trial.

Responsibilities:

• Daily interaction with existing and potential clients, via telephone and in person.
• Order medical records from providers and communicate with clients and providers during the course of treatment.
• Obtain documents necessary to support injury and/or liability positions
• Interact with insurance carriers and healthcare providers to secure records and account balances
• Negotiate case settlements with insurance carriers and negotiate a deduction of outstanding medical balances with providers
• Work directly with multiple coworkers involved in the management and support of case files
• Maintain organized case files.
• Prepare comprehensive demands and assemble support for submission to carriers
• Interact with attorneys and present case synopsis when required
• Manage case files from intake to closing under the direction of an attorney
• Prepare legal documents including pleadings, motions, affidavits, complaints, and legal memoranda
• E-file all court documents in state and federal court
• Communications with clients, court, counsel, and others.
• Conduct legal research and factual investigation
• Prepare discovery documents, interrogatories, and responses
• Draft and server summons
• Coordinate and summarize depositions
• Prepare trial binders and exhibits
• Drafting pleadings, motions and appellate documents and filing them with the court
• Performing administrative duties (calendar hearings and deadlines, organize case files, manage logistics)
• Maintain pleadings and discovery indexes
• Organize exhibits, documents, evidence, briefs, and appendices
• Aid attorney with interrogatories and other discovery requests
• Gather relevant information from a variety of sources
• Liaise between trial teams and internal/external third parties
• Witness preparation
• Assisting with case settlements
• Other tasks as requested by the attorney

Qualification:

• Associate degree, certificate, or equivalent work experience (preferred)
• 2+ years of presuit or litigation experience (preferred)
• Completion of a nationally accredited paralegal program (preferred)
• Experience in Personal Injury, WC, Premises, or other injury related practice areas (preferred)
• Must possess the ability to multi-task, prioritize, and manage workload with a positive attitude and minimal supervision
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, proficient in calendaring depositions, mediations, and hearings
• Highly organized with the ability to juggle multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Extensive computer and database expertise; Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and type no less than 35 wpm

Law Firm is looking for an experienced Personal Injury Paralegal to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing support for our cases from presuit through trial.

Job Responsibilities:

• Interacting with existing and potential clients, via telephone and in person.
• Obtaining medical records from providers and communicating with clients and providers during the course of treatment.
• Gathering documents necessary to support injury and/or liability positions.
• Negotiating case settlements with insurance carriers and negotiating a deduction of outstanding medical balances with providers.
• Communicating with multiple coworkers involved in the management and support of case files.
• Maintaining organized case files.
• Preparing comprehensive demands and assembling support for submission to carriers.
• Interacting with attorneys and presenting case synopsis when required.
• Managing case files from intake to closing under the direction of an attorney.
• Preparing legal documents including pleadings, motions, affidavits, complaints, and legal memoranda.
• E-filing all court documents in state and federal court.
• Communicating with clients, court, counsel, and others.
• Conducting legal research and factual investigation.
• Preparing discovery documents, interrogatories, and responses.
• Drafting and serving summons.
• Coordinating and summarizing depositions.
• Preparing trial binders and exhibits.
• Drafting pleadings, motions and appellate documents and filing them with the court.
• Performing administrative duties (calendar hearings and deadlines, organize case files, manage logistics).
• Maintaining pleadings and discovery indexes.
• Organizing exhibits, documents, evidence, briefs, and appendices.
• Assisting attorney with interrogatories and other discovery requests.
• Gathering relevant information from a variety of sources.
• Liaising between trial teams and internal/external third parties.
• Witness preparation.
• Assisting with case settlements.
• Other tasks as requested by the attorney.

Qualifications:

• Associate degree, certificate, or equivalent work experience (preferred).
• 2+ years of presuit or litigation experience (preferred).
• Completion of a nationally accredited paralegal program (preferred).
• Experience in Personal Injury, WC, Premises,

Medical and dental insurance, 401(k) plan, paid time off and paid holidays

Legal research, Factual investigation, Preparing legal documents, Negotiating case settlements, Drafting pleadings, motions and appellate documents, Preparing trial binders and exhibits, E-filing all court documents, Witness preparation, Assisting with case settlements

Associate degree

responsibilities

presuit:

daily interaction with existing and potential clients, via telephone and in person. if e-verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact department of homeland security (dhs) or social security administration (ssa) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment

Qualification and Experience Associate degree, certificate, or equivalent work experience, 2+ years of presuit or litigation experience, Completion of a nationally accredited paralegal program

Legal