Case Manager

Title: Case Manager

Employment Status: Full-time

FLSA Status: nonexempt

Compensation: $27-$30 hourly, based on experience

About Us

Gomez Trial Attorneys is a highly successful, community focused, fast-growing Trial Law Firm headquartered in Downtown San Diego with multiple offices across Southern California.

As a high-performing and dynamic team, we pride ourselves on doing the right thing, every time, even when no one is looking. Integrity, teamwork, service, and community are our watchwords. You will be helping us reach those in the community who are looking for someone to defend them – helping them through some of the most challenging financial, medical, and personal situations people face.

Position Summary

This position supports an assigned Attorney and Paralegal with all aspects of pre-litigation administrative and medical records management. The role is detail orientated with strong organizational skills. This is an Onsite position.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Manage a case load of 100-115 cases full-cycle, from intakes to settlement
• Collect client information through telephone calls, interviews, and through verification efforts
• Obtain incident reports, wage loss records, insurance information, and other evidence necessary for each case
• Communicate, full cycle, with clients and assigned attorneys
• Communicate with insurance companies and lien holders
• Resolve liens and medical provider balances
• Locate and retrieve medical bills/records and other case-related records
• Ensure each task is fully complete, committing to follow-up efforts with necessary for each respective client, their associated medical providers, and that case’s insurance adjusters
• Assist Attorney in the preparation of settlement demands
• Maintain file organization

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• 2-3 years prior case manager/legal assistant experience (personal injury preferred)
• Experience with Smart Advocate preferred
• Ability to order, read and understand medical records and bills
• Understand the difference between lien negotiations for ambulance companies, collection agencies, hospitals, chiropractors, and orthopedic doctors
• Experience handling large volume of personal injury pre-lit cases, preferred
• Familiarity with submitting claims with medical, medi-care and other healthcare insurance companies
• Excellent communication skills
• Professional attitude and appearance
• Strong multitasking and organizational skills
• Ability to independently manage time effectively

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.