Paralegal

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Job ID#: 35155

Downtown national office is adding a paralegal to growing team
 

• 5+ years litigation experience from a medium to large size firm in the paralegal field of plaintiffs’ personal injury and products liability litigation, required experience with mass torts.
• Experience with ordering, summarizing, and breaking down medical/billing records for paid vs. incurred calculations;
• Ability to negotiate lien reductions with providers and facilities to maximize recovery for clients;
• Strong Organization, oral and written communication, and analytical skills;
• Detail oriented, adherence to deadlines, ability to multi-task;
• Ability to learn quickly and function in a fast-paced environment;
• Draft and send assorted documents to clients, counsel and courts as needed, such as correspondence, deposition notices, contracts, briefs, motions, orders, petitions and discovery;
• Responsible for proper filing and service of all documents;
• Experienced with e-filing and e-service in multiple jurisdictions; must have experience using online file and serve portals such as Pacer, ECF, Lexis File & Serve Xpress, TxFile.gov, etc.
• Experienced with managing case deadlines across multiple cases filed in different jurisdictions;  
• Experienced in communicating with local counsel in other jurisdictions to get documents filed or served;
• Creative problem solver who takes initiative to accomplish tasks with a minimal level of supervision;
• Ability to work with/around various attorney personalities;
• A team player with a great attitude;
• Ability to maintain a busy caseload across multiple case types: 100-300 cases
• Experienced with a variety of computer applications and internet programs: Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, LexisXpress File & Serve, LexisAdvance or Lexis.com (research), ECF/Pacer, Needles (client database).
• Must be able to type 40-50+ WPM

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