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Paralegal Legal Assistant – Trial Division
| Company | Nationwide |
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| Location | Seattle, WA, USA |
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| Salary | $61500 – $91500 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
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Requirements
- Insurance Defense Litigation Experience (filing documents, drafting, reviewing discovery responses, hiring experts, etc.)
- Strong working knowledge of property and casualty insurance defense and/or subrogation law
- Strong knowledge in legal concepts, terminology, and processes
- Five years of experience in a paralegal capacity doing demonstrated insurance related litigation
- Certification in paralegal studies strongly preferred
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, and case management databases, such as Legal Files, is preferred
- Understanding of both personal and commercial lines policies is preferred
- Strong verbal and written communication skills for interaction with attorneys, paralegals, court personnel, clients, and claims staff
- Strong research and organizational skills, detail oriented, focused, technologically savvy, adaptable to learning new systems and processes, and can prioritize and multi-task
Responsibilities
- Provides direct pre-trial and trial support generally for litigated matters with varied complexity
- Assists in the drafting, review, filing, and service of pleadings, motions, and at times complex motions such as motions in limine and dispositive motions, discovery, and subpoenas
- Reviews and drafts documents for document production requests
- Analyzes and drafts responses to incoming discovery
- Reviews and summarizes medical records
- Conducts legal research and writing assignments, which may include the preparation of medical chronologies, drafts impactful deposition summaries of fact and expert witnesses
- Proactively assists the attorney to move case files to trial/resolution
- May also attend case related events, provides trial support, and supports and/or is a change champion in technology
- Brings a well-developed sense of organization to coordinate workflow, maintain filing and follow up system, and support the overall litigation strategy
- Coordinates and schedules depositions, hearings, and meetings; and communicates with clients and expert witnesses
- Provides administrative support to trial team(s), including the retrieval of information from our document management system, and the assembly of exhibits, binders, and appendices for depositions, court filings, hearings, and trial
- Maintains working knowledge of court procedures and local rules
- Reviews court dockets and retrieves case information
- Understands and maintains confidentiality with respect to the attorney-client privilege/relationship, trial strategies, ethics rules, the identities of the plaintiff, defense clients and claims’ customers
- Performs legal assistant and other administrative duties
Preferred Qualifications
- Undergraduate studies in business administration, insurance, or other related area(s) preferred
- Understanding of law office operations, practices, and procedures
- Experience in filing and scheduling procedures of the various courts, the use of federal and state e-filing and e-Court systems
