Paralegal

Responsibilities

• Serve as the main point of contact for clients and vendors, communicating professionally over telephone and in person
• Handle all incoming and outgoing correspondence via electronic and paper mail for assigned cases
• Relay messages and track all communication with clients
• Maintain case calendars
• Process authorizations requesting medical/collateral source records
• Perform legal research using various research tools, including Westlaw, LexisNexis, PACER, and various search engines
• File court documents using various state and federal court platforms
• Bluebook, cite-check, and proofread legal documents to ensure proper formatting and compliance with local and federal court rules
• Schedule expert phone conferences and evaluations
• Organize client documents and coordinate document productions
• Assemble and collate medical record binders, exhibits, and legal documents
• Attend case strategy meetings
• Prepare and schedule deposition proceedings including retention of court reporters, preparation of witness files, digesting transcripts and maintaining original documentation
• Prepare summons and complaints, answers to interrogatories, fact sheets, exhibit lists, subpoenas, deposition summaries, and supporting materials for filing with the court
• Prepare trial exhibits notebooks
• Transcribe deposition consultations with experts