What are the responsibilities and job description for the Paralegal position at Owen Thomas Group?
We are seeking a Personal Injury Paralegal to join our Personal Injury team. If you are committed to winning, maximizing client recovery, and improving our client’s quality of life, this is your place!
The successful candidate will possess and be responsible for the following :
- Provide administrative support to the lawyer to enhance law office effectiveness.
- Communicating with clients, law offices, insurance adjusters, medical offices, and experts.
- Manage Prelitigation and Litigation matters from start to finish.
- Open and close files. (Medical records, police reports, and more)
- Interact and contact existing clients daily.
- Manage a caseload of up to 80.
- Respond to incoming calls and voicemails daily.
- Assist in preparing for depositions, mediations, arbitrations, and trials.
- Prepare and file complaints, motions, briefs, and arbitration statements; prepare special packages, discovery demands, and answers to interrogatories. Review the discovery provided and summarize deposition testimony.
- Assist attorney with depositions calendaring and maintain court dates.
- Compose e-mails and correspondence.
- Monitor deadlines and be proficient in maintaining the law office calendar.
- Prepare disbursement of settlement funds and request checks from the accounting department.
- Meet and greet walk in clients and conduct intakes as needed.
- Answering inquiries from potential new clients (Intake coordination).
- Conduct research as needed.
- Maintain case status notes in our case management system.
The successful candidate will possess the following requirements :
Benefits Include :
