Personal Injury Litigation Paralegal

Job Description

Job Description

A well-respected Charleston area law firm seeks an experienced paralegal to join their North Charleston team!

Summary: Manages personal injury cases from beginning, manage case opening to end, litigation process. Responsible for frequent client contact with strong emphasis on delivering exceptional client service. Assists and supports attorney through all the phases. 

Qualifications, Duties and Responsibilities:

• Experience in personal injury case management experience / workers' compensation is a huge PLUS .
• Performs client intakes,  documents to ensure all  information necessary to open a case in database has been gathered set up claims with carrier. (takes the appropriate steps to obtain any missing information).
• Responsible for generating required personal injury forms and documents through database.
• Transcribing dictation, revising or drafting documents as directed by supervising attorney including, but not limited to, complaints, correspondence, litigation, demands, pleadings, and settlement documents in a timely fashion.
• Keep thorough documentation of notes in database and complete various tasks as assigned by attorney in a timely fashion.Manage the scheduling of attorney calendars for client meetings, doctor meetings, depositions, mediations, hearings, etc.
• Manage the retrieval of necessary bills, medical records and required case documents.
• Maintain custody of the physical file. File and update records, correspondence and file documents in an orderly and organized manner per established office procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

OFFERS TOP COMPETITIVE PAY AND EXCELLENT BENEFITS PACKAGE!

Computer Skills: 

Knowledge of Microsoft Word; Microsoft Outlook and Case Management software (will be trained).

Education/Experience:

Associate's degree (A. A. / A. S.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school or

three to four years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.