Personal Injury Paralegal

Min 2 yrs required

Full-time

No

Law Firm is seeking an experienced Personal Injury Paralegal to join its team. The successful candidate will provide support for cases from presuit through trial, including:

• Daily interaction with existing and potential clients, via telephone and in person.
• Obtaining documents necessary to support injury and/or liability positions.
• Communicating with clients and providers during the course of treatment.
• 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.
• Preparing comprehensive demands and assembling support for submission to carriers.
• 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.
• 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.

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.

Personal Injury Paralegal

Law Firm is seeking an experienced Personal Injury Paralegal to join its team. The successful candidate will provide support for cases from presuit through trial with a competitive salary and excellent benefits.

Job Responsibilities

• Daily interaction with existing and potential clients, via telephone and in person.
• Obtaining documents necessary to support injury and/or liability positions.
• Communicating with clients and providers during the course of treatment.
• 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.
• Preparing comprehensive demands and assembling support for submission to carriers.
• 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.
• 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).
• 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.

Salary and Benefits

Law Firm offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits package for full-time employees, including medical and dental insurance, 401(k) plan, paid time off and paid holidays.

Not Specified

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

Not Specified

Interaction with existing and potential clients, order medical records, obtain documents, negotiate case settlements, maintain organized case files, prepare legal documents, e-file court documents, 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, performing administrative duties, 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, liaison between trial teams and internal/external third parties, witness preparation, assisting with case settlements

Not Specified

Please visit Morgan & Morgan’s website to apply

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), 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

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