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Job ID#: 42148
Paralegal needed for busy Texas based defense firm
Has a minimum of 5 years litigation experience and the ability to manage significant exposure litigation using current technology.
Job duties to include:
- Conducts social media search, prior lawsuits, criminal records re Plts
- Prepares proposed draft Initial Disclosures
- Obtains and manages client documents
- Create and update logs of document production and records ordered
- Work with record services; Order medical and other associated records
- Summarize discovery responses, body cams
- Work with nurse paralegal regarding summary of medical records
- Review/analyze 18.001 Plaintiff Affidavits to determine need for billing experts
- Identify billing experts to review billing affidavits
- Ensure retained experts have needed documentation and deadlines
- FOIA requests
- Interact with various government and court officials regarding hearing and trial scheduling, as well as with clients
- Assist with all aspects of case litigation, including hearing and trial preparation including identifying and marking exhibits for motions, mediation, depositions, and trial
- Assist in trials with exhibits, demonstrative aids, witness subpoenas/preparation and scheduling.
Skills
- Proactively addresses upcoming deadlines
- Excellent time management, organizational abilities and strong proofreading skills
- Able to work independently, with motivation and initiative
- Dependable and able to cooperate with attorneys, clients, and other support staff
- Able to meet required deadlines
