Job Title: Paralegal - Litigation / Casualty Defense
Location: New York, NY 10005
Salary/Payrate: $90K-$97K annually plus bonus and AWESOME benefits!!!
Work Environment: Fully Onsite for the first 90-days, Hybrid after 90-days with 2-days a week remote
Term: Permanent / Fulltime
Bachelor’s degree required: No
Referral Fee: AMS will pay $1,000 should the person you refer gets hired
Job Description:
Our client, an AmLaw 200 firm, is looking to hire an experienced Paralegal - Litigation / Casualty Defense to support their New York City office. This is a full-time role paying an annual base salary of $90K to $97K plus a performance-based bonus excellent benefits package. The position will require the candidate to be fully onsite for the first 90-days and will allow for a hybrid work week with 2-days a week remote after the initial 90-day orientation period.
This position will be supporting our client’s attorneys in New York City but can be based out of the following locations:
New Haven, CT Melville, NY
Wilmington, DE Westchester, NY
Mount Laurel, NJ King of Prussia, PA
Roseland, NJ Philadelphia, PA
Job duties include:
- Obtain, review and analyze documents, including medical records and financial records, tax and employment records, or any other relevant information
- Provide a medical record chronology
- Prepare for trial by preparing trial notebooks, exhibits, and witness files
- Compile evidence and supporting information by searching records, discovery documents, transcripts, libraries, and databases
- Manage files and documents
- Coordinate with support services and clients, opposing law firms, and courts
- Manage court docket calendar
- Generate status reports, logs, and indexes
- Correspond with clients and opposing law firms
- Legal research
- Research and analysis of case issues, including medical research of facts, medical and expert articles.
- Communication of issues with experts and investigation and analysis of expert qualifications and experience, including prior transcripts, testimony and articles.
- Perform additional duties as required
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
- High attention to detail and ability to multi-task
- Ability to prioritize and coordinate work
- Ability to maintain confidential information
- Ability to complete assignments within agreed deadlines by prioritizing workload
- Ability and willingness to learn new skills as they become necessary
- Practice and foster an atmosphere of teamwork and cooperation
Job Requirements:
- Litigation/Casualty Paralegal experience.
- Applicants must have a Bachelor's or Associate's degree.
- Paralegal Certificate from an ABA-approved program is preferred.