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We are looking for a candidate to work on our select high damage docket. This candidate will work mostly with our top litigator, who works on commercial cases and cases with high damages. This candidate should be organized, professional, responsible, capable of working with limited supervision, and committed to helping us meet all our clients' needs. This person must be a team player with a friendly attitude and self-motivated, and able to keep up at a fast pace. 7 to 12 years of prior experience as a personal injury litigation paralegal is required.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
- Maintains and organizes litigation files
- Request and maintain medical affidavits
- Request, confirm and maintain medical records
- Drafts, prepares, reviews, and edits appropriate legal documents
- Draft correspondence to opposing counsel and to the court, as well as file documents with the courts
- Maintain complex filing system; E-filing and hard filing of documents
- Assist in translating with clients that speak Spanish
- Other duties as assigned
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Required: 7-12 years as a personal injury litigation paralegal;
- Knowledge of general office practices;
- Skilled in handling multiple tasks, prioritizing, and meeting deadlines;
- Skilled in effective oral and written communication;
- Skilled in exercising sound judgment and effective decision making;
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office;
Compensation:
- $60,000 to $70,000.00 DOE
- Annual raises are to be expected with good performance.
- Quarterly staff bonuses
- Potential bonus structure based on performance beginning end of Q4 2023.
Benefits
- Health insurance for employee and immediate family in the household;
- Holiday paid time off;
- Vacation/Personal paid time off;
- 401K Plan
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Long-term disability coverage;
- Life Insurance
- Gym reimbursement;
- Drinks & Snacks provided daily
- Monthly employee parties with raffles
- Quarterly events
- Quarterly staff bonuses
- Firm paid gas tank refill once per month
- Ongoing mentorship and training; and
- Opportunities for growth and advancement.
We are a personal injury firm built on our dedication to our clients. Our clients are our passion and purpose, and we are devoted to helping them recover from their injuries and dedicated to obtaining the best possible result for their cases. We are a diverse team of attorneys, paralegals, and legal assistants from all areas of life. We view everyone at our firm as a family; this led to creating a benefits package covering the employee and their family. Philosophy: Our managers share a common goal and philosophy in training, development, and growth. We are very hands-on in training our attorneys and staff and will ensure they are on a path to succeed at our firm. We have ongoing internal CLEs with Q & As. We strive to provide the best service for our clients, so we want to develop our attorneys to reach their full potential and be proud to be a part of Sandoval & James, PLLC. Culture: The managers, including firm partners, have an open door policy to meet with anyone at the firm. While we work at a fast pace and are always trying to get better and strive for perfection, the firm culture remains light and laidback. We want everyone to enjoy coming to work since it's a second home.
