Scheduling Paralegal
Witherite Law Group · Chicago, IL · 1 mo ago
On-siteLegalFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Effectively manage a case load of 75 – 100 cases.
- Schedule hearings, trials, depositions, and mediations.
- Schedule client meetings including discovery meetings, deposition prep, and trial prep.
- Maintain case notes regarding scheduling in case management program (Filevine).
- Accurately manage attorney’s calendar.
- Verify and confirm attorney’s appointments daily.
- Draft deposition notices, hearing notices, and scheduling orders.
- Prepare client letters, supplemental demand letters, and misc. correspondence.
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED required.
- Proficient in personal injury law involving motor vehicle accidents.
- Excellent time management, multi-tasking, and critical thinking skills.
- Detail oriented with exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Previous experience working in a fast-paced high-volume environment (minimum of 2 years, 5 preferred) working in high volume personal injury case litigation.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, Outlook, Adobe, and Case Management (Filevine).
- Working knowledge of common deadlines and protocols of personal injury litigation.
- Professional appearance and behavior.
- Able to work overtime as required in order to timely accomplish work expectations.
Physical Requirements
- Office environment with normal business hours necessary to satisfactorily perform job functions.
- Stationary Position – Must be able to remain in a stationary position up to 50% of the time.
- Occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, meeting rooms, office machinery, etc.
- May occasionally ascend/descend the stairs to get to other floors, cafeteria and parking area.
- Constantly operate a computer and other office machinery such as a copy machine/printer.
- Occasionally move supplies weighing up to 10 pounds for various presentation and event needs.
- Communicate, detect, converse with, discern, convey, express oneself, exchange information.
- The ability to observe details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Benefits And Perks
- Medical, dental, vision.
- Company paid Life and AD&D Insurance.
- Company Paid STD (with no waiting period) and LTD Insurance.
- Option to purchase additional Life and AD&D Insurance.
- Voluntary Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital Indemnity Coverage.
- 401(k) with company contributions.
- Paid Time Off.
- 10 Company Holidays.
- Tuition Reimbursement.