Personal Injury Paralegal

McLaurin Law

Personal Injury Paralegal

Houston, TX
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Paralegals perform substantive billable or productive legal work under the direction of

    one or more attorneys in the office. A Paralegal's primary goal is to support our legal

    team with legal research, drafting demands, memos, discovery requests and responses,

    overviews, motions, and orders, and preparing for hearings and trials.

    The Paralegal is a non-exempt position.

    Responsibilities:

    1. Organizing files

    2. Docketing (scheduling) events

    3. Filling out legal forms and assisting clients with filling out forms

    4. Drafting correspondence relating to legal matters

    5. Drafting demand letters

    6. Drafting letters and simple court documents for attorney review

    7. Writing reports and legal documents for attorney review

    8. Thorough legal research into new and novel issues, verifying case law, and

    reviewing legislation

    9. Medical records summaries and chronologies

    10. Preparing reduction spreadsheets and correspondence

    11. Preparing settlement and case conclusion letters for providers and clients

    12. Updating Master Case Spreadsheets contemporaneously

    13. Preparing discovery and responses to discovery demands

    14. Meeting with clients to review discovery responses

    15. Communicating with clients with updates and gathering information

    16. Helping attorneys prepare cases for hearings

    17. Assisting lawyers in the courtroom

    18. Back up for Legal Assistant, including but not limited to:

    a. Check e-filing

    b. Update file

    c. Answer phones

    d. Scheduling

    19. Other tasks as assigned

    Education & Experience:

    Paralegal Certificate or Bachelor's Degree preferred

    Minimum of 4 years experience in a Texas law firm

    Bilingual in Spanish preferred