Experienced Paralegal | DBA and Longshore Workers’ Compensation

About Lodestar Law

Lodestar Law LLC is dedicated to advocating for injured workers and helping them navigate some of the most challenging periods of their lives. Our specialized practice represents injured workers in claims arising under the Defense Base Act (DBA), the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, and related federal workers’ compensation laws.

We are a fully remote, forward-thinking law firm built on trust, accountability, responsiveness, and exceptional client service. We use firm-approved systems to reduce repetitive administrative work so our attorneys and legal team can focus on strong case management, client communication, advocacy, and careful follow-through. Employees must follow all firm confidentiality, security, technology, and AI-use policies.

Who Thrives at Lodestar

• Trustworthy, honest, dependable, and accountable without constant supervision.
• Comfortable working independently while communicating proactively with a fully remote team.
• Highly organized, responsive, and committed to meeting deadlines.
• Compassionate with injured clients while maintaining sound professional judgment.
• Curious, adaptable, and willing to learn specialized law, firm systems, and approved workflows.
• Committed to confidentiality, accuracy, ethical practice, and continuous improvement.

Core Responsibilities

• Assist attorneys with the day-to-day management of DBA and Longshore cases.
• Maintain organized, accurate, and current electronic case files.
• Monitor case deadlines, tasks, follow-ups, and outstanding items.
• Review incoming correspondence and case documents and ensure appropriate action is taken.
• Obtain, organize, and maintain medical records, employment records, claim documents, correspondence, and other case materials.
• Communicate professionally and compassionately with clients regarding case updates, appointments, documents, and information needed by the legal team.
• Follow up proactively with clients and third parties regarding outstanding records, documents, authorizations, and other case needs.
• Assist attorneys in preparing case materials, exhibits, medical chronologies, summaries, and supporting documentation.
• Assist with materials related to briefs, discovery, depositions, hearings, and other case deadlines.
• Review files for missing information, inconsistencies, upcoming deadlines, and unresolved issues.
• Bring substantive issues or concerns to the responsible attorney’s attention promptly.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous case notes.
• Follow firm procedures for confidentiality, document management, cybersecurity, technology, and approved uses of AI and automation.

Success in This Role

• Knows the status of assigned cases and what remains outstanding.
• Keeps deadlines and follow-ups from slipping through the cracks.
• Reviews incoming information rather than simply filing it.
• Recognizes when something requires attorney attention and raises it promptly.
• Produces organized, accurate work attorneys can confidently rely upon.
• Keeps clients appropriately informed and treats them with professionalism and respect.
• Learns from feedback and incorporates it into future work.
• Takes ownership of mistakes and works to correct them.

Required Qualifications

• Prior professional experience as a paralegal or in a comparable substantive legal-support position.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple active legal matters, deadlines, and competing priorities.
• Excellent organizational, time-management, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Professional and compassionate client-service skills.
• Ability to work independently and remain responsive in a fully remote environment.
• Sound judgment about when an issue should be escalated to an attorney.
• Strong computer skills and the ability to learn new technology quickly.
• Integrity, discretion, reliability, and a strong commitment to client confidentiality.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Defense Base Act (DBA), Longshore Act, workers’ compensation, personal injury, disability, litigation, administrative law, or claimant-side practice.
• Prior experience with medical-record review and organization, discovery, deposition preparation, hearing preparation, or brief-related support.
• Experience working within electronic case-management systems and document-management systems.
• Experience supporting a fully remote legal team.

Benefits HighlightsFully remote work with no office requirements.

• Generous paid time off grows with tenure.
• Unused PTO may carry forward when permitted.
• Twelve paid holidays support meaningful personal time.
• ·Approved professional development expenses receive firm funding.

Benefits are subject to eligibility, applicable law, and the current handbook and plan documents.