Legal Assistant Paralegal
4 weeks ago
What you'll do:
• Conduct initial intake process and work with clients to gather detailed case information.
• Perform case-related legal research.
• Act as liaison among all parties including courts and other neutral parties.
• Review, organize, and maintain case pleadings and indexes.
• Draft pleadings, subpoenas, discovery requests and responses, correspondence, interrogatories/answers, other legal documents.
• Coordinate the collection, review and production of documents and discovery requests.
• Assist in deposition preparation, pre-trial investigations, trial preparation, including assistance with preparation of witnesses for deposition and/or trial.
• Assist with trial preparation including preparation of exhibits, witness binders and other demonstrative evidence for use at trial and court hearings.
Our ideal candidate:
• Associate’s Degree or Certificate in Paralegal Studies (preferred)
• 5+ years of relevant experience as a paralegal or legal assistant with a focus on litigation
• Experience and knowledge of State and Federal court system and filings
• First Party Property Insurance (a plus)
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, document management and client management software systems
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills
• Organized & detail-oriented
Top three most important skills/experience:
- Ideal candidate will have one of the following:
- First party property insurance
- Personal injury
- Insurance defense
- Litigation
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