Paralegal
CurrentAssist a partner of the firm with litigation, personal injury, and contract law matters, including:• Managing all personal injury and contract cases from intake through settlement• Assisting with all aspects of trial preparation• Composing notices of claims, summons, complaints, answers, bills of particulars, discovery demands, discovery responses and expert disclosures• Conducting legal research utilizing LexisNexis and Westlaw• Drafting/preparing motions, cross-motions, opposition papers, interrogatories, memorandums of law, subpoenas, HIPAA authorizations and other legal documentation• Requesting, collecting and reviewing medical, insurance, tax, union, Worker’s Compensation and employment records as part of the discovery process• Composing correspondence to clients, opposing counsel, insurance carriers and courts• Heavy contact with courts, opposing counsel, deposition clerks, investigators, experts, insurance carriers and clients• Responsible for faxing, scanning, mailing, emailing, photocopying and filing all documentation• Corresponding and meeting with clients regarding the status of their cases and information needed- liaison between attorneys and clients• Filing legal documentation at the courthouse and occasionally serving and/or retrieving documents• Attending Independent Medical Examinations with clients• Managing the firm’s calendar utilizing Microsoft Outlook- schedule, confirm and adjourn meetings, conferences, depositions and court appearances- and answering the multi-line telephone system