Personal Injury Paralegal

Block LLP

Personal Injury Paralegal

Burbank, CA
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    We are searching for a detail-oriented, organized, and experienced personal injury paralegal to join our legal team. You will prepare briefs, create legal documents such as affidavits, do legal research for trial preparation, and keep case files and other key materials organized and easily available. To draft a factual response to discovery, we need someone with expertise in ordering, evaluating, and summarizing medical documents. You will also have past experience assisting with family settlement negotiations and mediation in order to avoid lawsuits. We want to hear from you if you want to advance your career in the paralegal profession. Responsibilities: • Discuss potential lien, bill, and medical expense settlements with service providers or insurers • Support family settlement conferences and mediation to avoid lawsuits • Organize our case filing systems so that everything is properly categorized and simple to find, as well as perform other administrative tasks as necessary • Create legal pleadings, communications, and documents such as interrogatories, subpoenas, deposition notices, complaints, pretrial orders, legal briefs, and affidavits with the assistance of a lawyer • Assist lawyers with trial preparation by organizing exhibits, aiding with client meetings, submitting motions, researching legal publications, and coordinating witnesses Qualifications: • 3-5 years of legal service experience under an attorney or lawyer required, preferably in a personal injury law firm • Talented verbal communicator and writer • Candidates should possess high-level organizational skills, and time-management skills • NALA (National Association of Legal Assistants) certification program completion is strongly preferred • ABA-approved paralegal certificate program such as an Associate’s degree or proprietary school program in paralegal studies, Bachelor’s degree desired Compensation: $60,000 - $80,000 yearly