What are the responsibilities and job description for the Bilingual Workers' Compensation - Paralegal position at Garces, Grabler &Lebrocq?
We seek a Bilingual legal assistant/paralegal to join our workers’ compensation team. If you are committed to winning, maximizing client recovery, and improving our client’s quality of life, this is the place for you!
The successful candidate will possess and be responsible for the following:
- Provide administrative support to the lawyer to enhance law office effectiveness
- Request authorization from employer/WC carrier for treatment
- The ability to recognize a client’s emergent need for treatment/temporary benefits and the need of the attorney to file a motion
- The ability to identify a potential retaliation/harassment claim in a timely fashion to bring it to the attention of the attorney.
- Download Court Calendars from Courts Online
- Generate form letters to clients to attend IME appointments
- Call clients the day before hearing dates to ensure a contact number and/or their presence in court. Ensure the client has directions to the court
The successful candidate will possess the following requirements:
- At least three years of working experience as a legal assistant or legal secretary in the workers’ compensation area of law
- Familiarity with New Jersey e-courts and N.J. court rules and legal procedures.
- Satisfactory knowledge of the day-to-day operations of a law office
- Computer literacy with proficiency in MS Office and Dropbox
- Fluency in the English and Spanish languages, both verbally and in writing
- Excellent secretarial and organizational skills
- Ability to juggle multiple activities and work under pressure
- Must be willing and able to work in a fast-paced office setting
Benefits include medical, vision, dental, FSA, life, long-term disability insurance, 401K plan match, and paid time off policy. The annual cost of living increases, bonuses, birthday lunches, holiday parties, and picnics. We partner with Rutgers University Athletics in New Brunswick!
For more information, please visit www.ggllawyers.com - career page and or submit a resume to employment@garcesgrabler.com
We take care of our clients; they take care of us! If you want the make a difference, we want you!
Salary : $55,000
