Personal Injury Litigation Paralegal

Litigation Paralegal (Experienced)

Law Firm

Location: Las Vegas, NV

Position Type: Full-time

Practice Area: Plaintiff Personal Injury Litigation

Our client is seeking an experienced, highly organized, and proactive Personal Injury Litigation Paralegal to join their growing litigation team. This role is ideal for a litigation professional who is confident managing a high-volume caseload, understands plaintiff-side personal injury litigation, and enjoys working closely with attorneys to move cases efficiently from filing through resolution, trial, or appeal.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, self-sufficient, and comfortable handling litigation matters involving arbitration and exempt cases, discovery, depositions, trial preparation, post-trial proceedings, and appeals. This position requires strong communication skills, excellent judgment, and a commitment to delivering exceptional service to clients throughout the litigation process.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Litigation Case Management

• Manage plaintiff-side personal injury litigation files from filing through resolution.
• Assist attorneys during all phases of litigation, including discovery, depositions, arbitration, trial preparation, trial, post-trial proceedings, and appeals.
• Track and calendar litigation deadlines, hearings, depositions, trial dates, court appearances, and case milestones.
• Maintain organized electronic case files and ensure the case management system is accurate and up to date.
• Work closely with attorneys to move cases efficiently toward settlement, arbitration, trial, or other resolution.

Legal Drafting & Document Preparation

• Draft, prepare, proofread, and properly format pleadings, discovery, motions, correspondence, exhibits, subpoenas, and other legal documents.
• Prepare and respond to written discovery.
• Organize medical records, medical bills, liens, damages documentation, and supporting evidence.
• Assist with research, writing, and analysis related to litigation strategy and case development.

Trial & Hearing Preparation

• Assist with trial preparation, including exhibit lists, witness lists, trial binders, subpoenas, and pretrial documents.
• Coordinate witnesses, experts, medical providers, and other case participants.
• Prepare materials for hearings, depositions, arbitrations, mediations, and trial.
• Support attorneys before, during, and after trial proceedings.

Communication & Client Service

• Communicate professionally with clients, adjusters, medical providers, experts, defense counsel, court personnel, and other parties.
• Provide timely updates to clients and help ensure they understand the litigation process.
• Follow up consistently with clients, providers, experts, and opposing counsel to keep cases moving forward.
• Maintain the highest level of professionalism, confidentiality, and client care.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Qualifications:

Required

• Three or more years of litigation experience, preferably in plaintiff-side personal injury.
• Strong understanding of Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure, civil litigation procedures, and plaintiff litigation workflows.
• Experience with medical records, billing, liens, damages documentation, and case support materials.
• Strong legal drafting, proofreading, research, writing, and analytical skills.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision in a high-volume environment.
• High level of professionalism, confidentiality, attention to detail, and teamwork.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Experience using a legal case management system.

Preferred

• Paralegal Certificate, Associate Degree in Paralegal Studies, or equivalent legal experience.
• Nevada Notary Public certification.
• Plaintiff personal injury trial preparation experience.
• Experience with arbitration and exempt cases.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Health Insurance: medical, dental and vision
• Supplemental insurance plans offered through Aflac.
• 401(k) matching retirement plan
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• Supportive team environment focused on client success.

Expected Hours of Work: Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Salary Range: $30 - $36, depends on experience (DOE)