What are the responsibilities and job description for the Legal Assistant position at Garces, Grabler & LeBrocq?
We seek a legal assistant/paralegal to join our personal injury team. If you are committed to winning, maximizing client recovery, and improving our client’s quality of life, this is your place!
The successful candidate will possess and be responsible for the following:
- Provide administrative support to the lawyer to enhance law office effectiveness
- Communicating with clients, law offices, insurance adjusters, medical offices, and experts
- Assist in preparing for depositions, mediations, arbitrations, and trial
- 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
- Compose e-mails and correspondence
- Monitor deadlines and be proficient in maintaining the law office calendar
- Prepare disbursement of settlement funds and request checks from the accounting department
- Answering inquiries from potential new clients
The successful candidate will possess the following requirements:
- At least five years of working experience as a legal assistant or legal secretary in the personal injury area of law
- Familiarity with New Jersey e-courts and N.J. court rules and legal procedures.
- Satisfactory knowledge of the day-to-day operations of a law office
- Computer literacy with proficiency in M.S. Office and Dropbox
- Fluency in the English and Spanish languages, both verbally and in writing
- Excellent secretarial and organizational skills
- Ability to juggle multiple activities and work under pressure
- Must be willing and able to work in a fast-paced office setting
Benefits include medical, vision, dental, FSA, life, long-term disability insurance, 401K plan match, and paid time off policy. Bonuses, birthday lunches, holiday parties, and picnics. We have season tickets to the New Jersey Devils if you love hockey!
We take care of our clients; they take care of us! If you want the make a difference, we want you!
To learn more about our company and employment opportunities, please call 888-394-0279 and listen to the recorded message.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: $28.00 - $33.65 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Free parking
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Opportunities for advancement
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Travel requirement:
- No travel
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Newark, NJ 07102: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Experience:
- Microsoft Office: 3 years (Required)
- Personal Injury Litigation: 3 years (Required)
Language:
- Spanish (Required)
- Work Location: In person
Salary : $28 - $34
