We are searching for a detail-oriented, organized, and experienced personal injury paralegal to join our legal team. You will prepare briefs, create legal documents such as affidavits, do legal research for trial preparation, and keep case files and other key materials organized and easily available. To draft a factual response to discovery, we need someone with expertise in ordering, evaluating, and summarizing medical documents. You will also have past experience assisting with family settlement negotiations and mediation in order to avoid lawsuits. We want to hear from you if you want to advance your career in the paralegal profession. Responsibilities: • Set up a system of filing for our cases that is well-organized and easy to navigate, and other related admin duties • Create legal pleadings, communications, and documents such as interrogatories, subpoenas, deposition notices, complaints, pretrial orders, legal briefs, and affidavits with the assistance of a lawyer • Aid lawyers in preparing for trial by arranging exhibits, witnesses, legal materials, client meetings, and motions • Communicate with clients, opposing counsel, medical professionals; • E-filing; • Drafting shells for motions/pleadings; • Creating Medical Summaries and sending to Client before depos; • Assisting with scheduling Depos, mediations, DMEs; • Getting records from Experts; • Preparing docs (jury fees, CMC statements, subpoenas, meet & confers)Calendar discovery deadlines, depositions, hearings, and all hearing-related deadlines; • Trial preparation (binder, exhibits, ect.) Qualifications: • Talented verbal communicator and writer • Candidates should possess high-level organizational skills, and time-management skills • 3-5 years of legal service experience under an attorney or lawyer required, preferably in a personal injury law firm • Knowledge of the Code of Civil Procedure – Discovery • Familiarity with legal research • Deadline and detail-oriented • Spanish Speaking is a must • Familiar with Windows operating system and Microsoft Office applications • Comfortable with a paperless workflow Compensation: $27 - $38 hourly
• Communicate with clients, opposing counsel, medical professionals; • E-filing; • Drafting shells for motions/pleadings; • Creating Medical Summaries and sending to Client before depos; • Assisting with scheduling Depos, mediations, DMEs; • Getting records from Experts; • Preparing docs (jury fees, CMC statements, subpoenas, meet & confers)Calendar discovery deadlines, depositions, hearings, and all hearing-related deadlines; • Trial preparation (binder, exhibits, ect.)