Personal Injury Paralegal

Min 2 yrs required

Full-time

No

Law Firm is looking for an experienced Personal Injury Paralegal to join our team.

## Job Responsibilities

As a Personal Injury Paralegal, you will work closely with the talented attorneys, providing support for cases from presuit through trial. Your duties will include:

- Daily interaction with existing and potential clients, via telephone and in person
- Ordering medical records from providers and communicating with clients and providers during the course of treatment
- Obtaining documents necessary to support injury and/or liability positions
- Interacting with insurance carriers and healthcare providers to secure records and account balances
- Negotiating case settlements with insurance carriers and negotiating a deduction of outstanding medical balances with providers
- Working directly 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, 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
- Aiding 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, or other injury related practice areas (preferred)
- 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

## Salary and Benefits

Law Firm is a leading personal injury law firm dedicated to protecting the people, not the powerful. This success starts with our staff. For full-time employees, we offer an excellent benefits package including medical and dental insurance, 401(k) plan, paid time off and paid holidays.

We are offering a competitive salary for this position.

## Equal Opportunity Statement

Law Firm provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

## E-Verify

This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the . 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. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the I-9 Form.

## Personal Injury Paralegal Job

Law Firm is looking for an experienced Personal Injury Paralegal to join our team. As a Personal Injury Paralegal, you will work closely with the talented attorneys, providing support for cases from presuit through trial. We are offering a competitive salary for this position as well as an excellent benefits package including medical and dental insurance, 401(k) plan, paid time off and paid holidays.

## Job Responsibilities

- Daily interaction with existing and potential clients, via telephone and in person
- Ordering medical records from providers and communicating with clients and providers during the course of treatment
- Obtaining documents necessary to support injury and/or liability positions
- Interacting with insurance carriers and healthcare providers to secure records and account balances
- Negotiating case settlements with insurance carriers and negotiating a deduction of outstanding medical balances with providers
- Working directly 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
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Medical and dental insurance, 401(k) plan, paid time off and paid holidays

Associate degree, certificate, or equivalent work experience

responsibilities

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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

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