Our client is looking for several Legal Assistants/Paralegals to join their Personal Injury teams in their Jersey City, Edison, Freehold, Hackensack, and Plainfield locations. Candidates with fluency in both English and Spanish are strongly encourage to apply.
All openings are full-time, on site, temp to perm positions.
Pay Rate: $31-$34/hour.
Responsibilities:
- Provide administrative support to the lawyer to enhance law office effectiveness. Coordinate intake for front desk walk-ins and meet and greet all guests.
- Communicate with clients, law offices, insurance adjusters, medical offices, and experts. Track and document all statuses in case management system.
- Interact with and contact existing clients daily. Manage a caseload of up to 80 people.
- Respond to incoming calls and voicemails. Compose emails and correspondence.
- Manage pre litigation and litigation matters from start to finish.
- Open and close files including medical records and police reports.
- Assist in preparing for depositions, mediations, arbitrations, and trials.
- Prepare and file complaints, motions, briefs, and arbitration statements. Prepare special packages, discovery demands, and answers to interrogatories. Review the discovery provided and summarize deposition testimony.
- Assist attorney with depositions calendaring and maintain court dates. Monitor deadlines and be proficient in maintaining the law office calendar.
- Conduct research as needed.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Minimum of 5 years of working experience as a legal assistant or paralegal in the Personal Injury area of law.
- Familiarity with New Jersey e-courts and NJ court rules and legal procedures.
- Satisfactory knowledge of day-to-day operations of a law office.
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite.
- Fluency in the English and Spanish language, both verbally and in writing strongly preferred.
- Ability to juggle multiple activities and maintain professional demeanor.
- Must be willing and able to work in a fast-paced office setting.
