PARALEGAL

About the Role

The Paralegal supports multiple attorneys in the Firm with a high degree of responsibility for project management and implementation in complex civil litigation.

Responsibilities

• Support attorneys throughout all stages of complex civil litigation, from initial case assessment through trial and resolution.
• Assist with preparation for depositions, hearings, mediations, arbitrations, and trials.
• Organize, review, categorize, and summarize large volumes of documents and electronically stored information.
• Assist with document productions, privilege reviews, redactions, confidentiality designations, and production tracking.
• Prepare discovery databases, privilege logs, document indexes, and other litigation support materials.
• Work with litigation support professionals and e-discovery vendors to facilitate efficient document review and production.
• Obtain, organize, review, and analyze medical records and related healthcare documentation relevant to litigation matters.
• Prepare detailed and accurate medical chronologies and identify significant medical events, treatment gaps, changes in condition, pre-existing conditions, subsequent injuries, and other relevant facts.
• Assist in coordinating medical records with damages analyses and other case valuation materials while maintaining confidentiality and accuracy.
• Communicate with medical providers, record custodians, clients, vendors, and other third parties regarding medical record collection and follow-up as directed.
• Assist with coordinating expert witnesses and maintaining expert-related files and materials.
• Review and organize invoices, expenses, and other case-related documentation as needed.
• Handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion and in accordance with firm policies and professional obligations.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of legal experience required; 4+ years preferred.
• Associate’s degree in paralegal or legal studies or other related discipline is preferred. An equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
• Paralegal certification from an ABA-approved program is preferred.
• Skilled with MS Office Suite and other office products.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and willingness to conduct research to learn new tasks.
• Strong organizational skills to maintain work lists, organize documents, and monitor deadlines and filings.
• Ability to ask questions, clarify issues, and provide project updates as needed.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including comprehension and expression.
• Strong command of the English language, including excellent spelling, grammar, punctuation, form, and style.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to create, compose, proof, and edit correspondence.
• Sense of initiative and responsibility to manage case load and maintain confidentiality of records and information.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment and meet case/trial deadlines.

Competencies

• Integrity/Ethics: Deals with others in a straightforward and honest manner, is accountable for actions, maintains confidentiality, supports company values, conveys good news and bad.
• Communication: Communicates well both verbally and in writing, creates accurate and punctual reports, delivers presentations, shares information and ideas with others, has good listening skills.
• Interpersonal Skills: Builds strong relationships, is flexible/open-minded, negotiates effectively, solicits performance feedback, and handles constructive criticism.
• Quality: Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems.
• Sense of Urgency: Prioritizes well, shows energy, reacts to opportunities, instills urgency in others, meets deadlines.

Work Environment

The role operates in a professional office setting. The majority of work is sedentary.