What are the responsibilities and job description for the Legal Assistant Paralegal position at SUTTON & JACOBS LLP?
We are a busy plaintiff firm handling medical malpractice and accident & injury cases.
Role Description
This is a full-time on-site role for a Legal Assistant Paralegal at SUTTON & JACOBS LLP in Beaumont, TX.
Need for a litigation paralegal with excellent organizational skills and experience managing voluminous case files. The primary areas of focus will be plaintiff litigation, personal injury, and medical malpractice. The ideal candidate will have experience and have strong written and oral communication skills. A positive and professional demeanor is required at all times in the office.
The Legal Assistant Paralegal will be responsible for legal document preparation, communication, research, and document review on a day-to-day basis.
Qualifications & Duties
- Law skills
- Legal Document Preparation and Document Review skills
- Strong Communication skills
- Research skills
- Experience in a legal setting is a plus
- Attention to detail and organizational skills
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Associate's degree in Paralegal Studies or related field
- Document management of the client’s files, expert documents and communications, production responses, depositions, and other discovery documents
- Responsibility for record ordering, preparing initial responses to discovery for attorney review, preparing documents for production to include redaction and bates labeling, and supplementing discovery
- Reviews discovery production to identify key documents for attorney review, prepare chronology of key events, and ensure proper indexing of the discovery production and evidence
- Communication as needed with the client, retained expert witnesses, trail court coordinator, records retrieval, and other service providers as part of the case workup
- Conduct background investigations and searches of parties and witnesses as well as perform searches and filing on government websites
- Research as needed on Facebook, Instagram, Google Earth, or other websites in support of the case workup
- Involved in scheduling hearings, mediations, and trials, and coordinating key dates with other law firms, witnesses, and service providers
- Assist in the preparation of pleadings, motions, affidavits, exhibits, orders, and all notices
- Acts as a team player to accomplish daily tasks
Benefits:
• 401(k)
• Medical Insurance reimbursement
• Paid time off
Salary : $40,000 - $50,000