Personal Injury Paralegal

Min 2 yrs required

Full-time

No

Law Firm is Hiring a Personal Injury Paralegal

Law Firm is looking for an experienced Personal Injury Paralegal to join their team. As a Personal Injury Paralegal you will be working closely with the attorneys providing support for the cases from presuit through trial. This position offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits package.

Responsibilities

Presuit:

• 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

Litigation:

• Prepare legal documents including pleadings, motions, affidavits, complaints, 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

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)
• 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 Hiring a Personal Injury Paralegal

Law Firm is looking for an experienced Personal Injury Paralegal to join their team. This position offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits package.

As a Personal Injury Paralegal, you will be responsible for providing support for our cases from presuit through trial. This role will involve daily interaction with existing and potential clients, ordering medical records from providers, obtaining documents necessary to support injury and/or liability positions, negotiating case settlements with insurance carriers, working with multiple coworkers, maintaining organized case files, preparing comprehensive demands, and interacting with attorneys.

In addition, you will be responsible for preparing legal documents, conducting legal research and factual investigation, preparing discovery documents, drafting summons, coordinating and summarizing depositions, preparing trial binders and exhibits, 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, and assisting with case settlements.

Qualifications

To be considered for this position, you must have an associate degree, certificate, or equivalent work experience, 2+ years of presuit or litigation experience, completion of a nationally accredited paralegal program, and experience in Personal Injury, WC, Premises, or other injury related practice areas.

You must also possess the ability to multi-task, prioritize, and manage workload with a positive attitude and minimal supervision, have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and be 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 is also required.

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.

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.

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

Order medical records, Negotiate case settlements, Litigation, Legal documents, E-filing, Legal research, Factual investigation, Drafting pleadings, Motions, Appellate documents, Interrogatories, Summarize depositions, Draft summons, Witness preparation, Case settlements

Associate degree, certificate, or equivalent work experience

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

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