Legal Assistant / Paralegal - Personal Injury

Job Description

Job Description

Direct Hire Legal Assistant / Paralegal opportunities to join an established Dynamic Personal Injury team. If you are committed to winning, maximizing client recovery, and improving your client’s quality of life, this is your place! O ffice locations, Hackensack, Plainfield, Trenton, New Brunswick, Newark, Perth Amboy NJ

The successful candidate will be able to :

• Provide administrative support to the lawyer to enhance law office effectiveness.
• Communicate with clients, law offices, insurance adjusters, medical offices, and subject matter experts.
• Manage Prelitigation and Litigation matters from start to finish.
• Open and close files. ( Medical records, police reports, and more )
• Ability to Manage a caseload of up to 80.
• Interact and contact existing clients daily, 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 clients and conduct intakes as needed.
• Intake Coordination - Answering inquiries from potential new clients.
• Maintain case status notes in our case management system. Conduct research as needed.

Requirements :

Full Benefits and Bonus plans