Insurance Defense - General Attorney in Glendale, CA

In-House

Glendale, CA

Insurance Defense - General Attorney in Glendale, CA

Attorney

Min 5 yrs required

No

Job Title: Sr. Paralegal / Legal Assistant

Job Responsibilities:
- Provide direct pre-trial and trial support for litigated matters of varied complexity.
- Assist in drafting, reviewing, filing, and serving pleadings, motions, including complex motions like motions in limine and dispositive motions, discovery, and subpoenas.
- Review and draft documents for document production requests and analyze and draft responses to incoming discovery.
- Review and summarize medical records and conduct legal research and writing assignments, which may involve preparing medical chronologies and drafting impactful deposition summaries of fact and expert witnesses.
- Proactively assist attorneys in moving case files to trial/resolution and may attend case-related events, providing trial support and being a change champion in technology.
- Coordinate workflow, maintain filing and follow-up systems, and support overall litigation strategy by scheduling depositions, hearings, and meetings, and communicating with clients and expert witnesses.
- Provide administrative support to trial teams, including retrieving information from document management systems, assembling exhibits, binders, and appendices for depositions, court filings, hearings, and trials.
- Maintain working knowledge of court procedures and local rules, review court dockets, and retrieve case information.
- Understand and maintain confidentiality regarding the attorney-client privilege/relationship, trial strategies, ethics rules, and the identities of plaintiffs, defense clients, and claims customers.
- Perform legal assistant and other administrative duties as needed.

Education and Experience Information:
- Education: Undergraduate studies in business administration, insurance, or other related areas preferred.
- License/Certification/Designation: Certification in paralegal studies is strongly preferred and/or demonstrated insurance litigation-related paralegal experience.
- Experience: Typically five years of experience in a paralegal capacity with demonstrated insurance-related litigation.

Knowledge, Abilities, and Skills:
- Strong knowledge of each file assigned to trial teams and capable of understanding the relevancy of case information.
- General knowledge of law office operations, practices, and procedures.
- Experience in filing and scheduling procedures of various courts and the use of federal and state e-filing and e-Court systems.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and case management databases, such as Legal Files, is preferred.
- Understanding of both personal and commercial lines policies is preferred.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills for interaction with attorneys, paralegals, court personnel, clients, and claims staff.
- Strong research and organizational skills, detail-oriented, focused, technologically savvy, adaptable to learning new systems and processes, and capable of prioritizing and multi-tasking.
- Exercises independent initiative and judgment in daily tasks.
- Must comply with all corporate and department policies and procedures, as well as the private practice of law policy and the ethical rules of the state where the position is located.

Salary Information: Not available in the text.

Other Criteria:
- Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and Human Resource Business Partner.
- Regularly and consistently demonstrate company values.

Job Conditions:
- Overtime Eligibility: Eligible (Non-Exempt).
- Working Conditions: Professional law office environment with the potential for a hybrid work schedule. Occasional travel and overtime subject to approval.
- ADA: The above statements cover the principal and essential functions of the job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a different combination of duties.
- Credit/Background Check: A valid credit and/or background check will be required as part of the selection process due to fiduciary accountability within this job.