Personal injury legal assistant

Brandon Lebovitz Law Group PLLC

Personal injury legal assistant

Phoenix, AZ
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Lebovitz Law Group is a personal injury law firm dedicated to helping injured victims. A serious injury or death can be a life changing event. Our clients receive the attention, time and detail required to help them through their most difficult times. We treat our clients and legal team like family; we believe in our employees and support their personal growth and development.

    Summary Job Description

    · Our paralegals develop relationships with our clients as we genuinely care about the people we help.

    · We keep case volume low so that our paralegals have time to work on all files and produce top quality work.

    · Our paralegals help in every aspect of case management; however, we have team members supporting our paralegals and assisting with ordering medical records and police reports, doing balance verification, setting up claims, and more.

    Full Job Description

    · Independently manage all aspects of personal injury caseload from beginning to end.

    · Communicate with medical facilities/providers to update client's medical treatment, attendance and other special medical procedures.

    · Utilization of case management software; Data entry including placing notes into the firm’s client management system; Update case files.

    · Keep meticulous records; Develop and implement organized filing systems; Organize and maintain documents in an electronic filing system.

    · Order, review, and summarize medical records.

    · Ensure all files are organized, complete and ready for demand.

    · Screen calls, update clients with status of their case, provided information to medical providers and insurance companies.

    · Greet and assist onsite guests with a positive, helpful attitude, providing them with a professional welcome, going above and beyond in the service approach.

    · Provide general office support and assistance in completing miscellaneous projects as needed; Light back up reception; Assisting with a variety of administrative tasks, copying/scanning/filing/faxing, and team support.

    · Responsible for training new legal secretaries/receptionists, assistants, case managers and paralegals.

    · Handle all liens and third-party interests.

    · Experienced in Medicare/Medicaid, and private insurance subrogation.

    · Investigate facts and research legal issues necessary to determine validity of liens and third-party interests.

    · Negotiate liens with medical providers, Medicare, Medicaid and Tri-Care.

    · Build and keep good relationships with medical providers and other parties involved.

    · Verify account balances, liens and third-party interests.

    · Marketing opportunities to promote the law firm, build and maintain referrals; Increase client intake by marketing with local medical/chiropractic and other industry related offices.

    · Setting up lunch and dinner meetings with providers and other parties.

    The candidate MUST possess the following:

    · Minimum of 2 years relevant work experience working as a personal injury paralegal.

    · Enjoy working in a collaborative team environment; Able to contribute positively as part of a team, helping with various tasks as required.

    · Be a self-sufficient, self-motivated, highly organized multi-tasker who works well in a fast-paced environment; Capacity to work under pressure and prioritize work quickly.

    · Desire to learn; The right candidate has opportunities to advance.

    Minimum Education/Experience

    · Paralegal Certification or equivalent is required.

    · Minimum 2 years’ experience working as a personal injury paralegal.

    · Fluent in Spanish, both speaking and writing (preferred but not mandatory).

    · Efficiency utilizing Microsoft Office Programs (i.e. Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.).

    · Medical certifications or training and billing experience a plus.

    Additional Compensation & Benefits:

    · Bonuses

    · Health insurance benefit

    · Paid time off / sick leave

    · Become part of an awesome, growing team!