Plaintiff Personal Injury/Medical Malpractice Legal Assistant
Job Description
Plaintiff Personal Injury/Medical Malpractice Legal Assistant
Are you ready to start the new year with an exciting career move? Our Client, a well-established and highly respected law firm, is looking for a skilled Legal Assistant to join their team this January. With 2-3 years of experience in personal injury or medical malpractice, you’ll bring your skills to a close-knit team that genuinely values collaboration and expertise. This is your chance to make a real difference by supporting clients during life’s most challenging times. The firm offers a welcoming atmosphere, professional growth opportunities, and meaningful work that will leave you inspired in 2025. Apply now!
Salary: Up to $75K
Responsibilities:
- Communicate with lawyers, team members, clients, and other professionals to discuss assigned cases or projects
- Communicate and prepare and receive correspondence with client, counsel, experts and other professionals
- Request, obtain, review, organize, analyze and serve medical records and other productions
- Obtain, review, and organize damage information;
- Arrange for the payment of invoices pertaining to the records requests made
- Schedule discoveries, mediation and other pertinent events
- Maintain files and ensure the file is complete and updated using established firm programs and policies
- As necessary and appropriate, communicate with medical personnel and others involved in patient’s care and matter generally
- Draft legal documents including pleadings and motions, affidavits, affidavit of documents and trial records; file motions and pleadings according to judicial procedures
- Where appropriate, prepare medical chronologies
- Assist lawyers with trial preparation
- Record billable hours spent on specific cases
Qualifications
- A law clerk, legal assistant, paralegal diploma or degree is required
- 2-3+ years experience in medical malpractice and/or personal injury law
- Resourceful and solution-oriented
- Excellent interpersonal and oral communication
- Ability to multitask, with flexibility to manage changing priorities and projects under time constraints
- Ability to work independently and to bring a positive team work attitude to the workplace
- Attention to detail, organization, efficiency and preparedness
- Willingness to learn from senior team members to meet our client needs
- Strong computer skills and software application proficiency
How to Apply: To apply, please forward your resume to Sabrina at sabrina@cartelinc.com
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