Insurance Defense Paralegal

Hill Wallack LLP is seeking a litigation paralegal with 3 years minimum experience in civil litigation, insurance defense and/or employment matters.

The following is a summary of job duties:

• Review and analyze file documents (i.e. company or claim files)
• Determine and identify relevant information, witnesses, third party documents and information for subpoenas.
• Prepare, index and analyze written and paper discovery and prepare litigation and trial binders
• Prepare subpoenas, public records requests, and authorizations.
• Work with preferred vendors for record retrieval, expert retention, depositions/court reporters, private investigators.
• Handle and collaborate on scheduling of depositions, expert exams and client meetings or witness interviews.
• Prepare various discovery requests, responses, and summaries of same.
• Summarize various records (medical; employment; tax; educational; surveillance, etc.)
• Prepare detailed medical chronology and medical billing chart.
• Gather relevant documents for attorney’s use in upcoming depositions, meetings, telephone conferences, trial etc.
• Westlaw Next research to locate witnesses and obtain background information.
• Social media research.
• Locate and work with fact and experts witnesses for independent medical examinations, site inspections, trial, depositions etc.
• Identify, retain and work with investigators or experts
• Prepare trial disclosures; trial notebooks; and exhibits for use at trial.
• Bill and enter time.
• Handle multiple files, cases and legal projects of various types.
• Maintain and follow a diary system for compliance and meeting deadlines.