Job description
We are looking for a temp to perm legal assistant to help out our paralegals.
Requirements/Preferences:
Requirements/Preferences:
- The ideal candidate will have at least 6 months year of recent experience in a personal injury firm. If no prior PI experience, candidate must have at least 1 year of experience in an office setting.
- Strong computer skills are essential as we are mostly paperless. Chrome, Microsoft Outlook/Word/Excel, Adobe Pro, and Stamps.com are essential.
- We use Practice Master for case management, so experience with that software is great but not required. Any prior case management experience is a plus (Needles, FileVine, etc)
- This person needs to have a positive attitude and be able to jump in with a hard-working team that has been together for 5 years. We are growing and ready to bring in new team members.
- The candidate should know that this is not a paralegal/case manager role. He/she will have very little interaction with the attorney, and most of the tasks assigned will come from the case managers/paralegals. However, the opportunity for promotion to paralegal/case manager may arise as we continue to grow.
- Bilingual is a plus but not a requirement.
About the role:
This person would be assisting 3 senior paralegals/case managers. Direct supervisor would be me, the Operations Director.
Tasks would include:
- Obtaining police reports and open records request items such as body cam, citations, etc.
- Opening claims (auto and health insurance/Medicare)
- Medical reduction requests/follow up
- Burning demand CDs/mailing them out
- Mailing letters of rep to insurance companies
- Preparing settlement folders
- Limited tasks (only as needed, not primary responsibility)
- Medical records follow-up – we already have a medical records clerk so this candidate would not have to do that unless records clerk was out of the office/severely behind
- Intakes – candidate would be trained on how to do this but would not be required to do intakes on a regular basis.
- Limited (if any) contact with clients
- This will be an onsite hourly position.
- Hours are 8 am to 5 pm with a 1-hour lunch.
- Pay will be TBD based on experience between $20-$24. Overtime is offered at a 1.5 rate with up to 5 hours per week allowed without approval.
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