What are the responsibilities and job description for the CONTRACT | Medical Malpractice Paralegal position at Lawyers On Demand, a Consilio Company?
Lawyers on Demand, a Consilio Company, is currently seeking multiple contract Paralegals to join our team and support one of our prestigious law firm clients.
Contract Specifications:
Duration: long-term, open-ended
Pay Rate: $40.00/hour
Start Date: ASAP
Location: hybrid on site in Orlando or Tampa, FL
Medical Malpractice experience required.
Experience with Florida Rules of Civil Procedure required.
Plaintiff-side experience will not be considered.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist attorneys with the preparation of a civil case throughout discovery and prepare for, attend, and assist at trial
- Discovery and records management, including preparation of subpoenas and tracking responses
- Ability to summarize medical and employment records, create medical chronologies, summarize discovery responses, prepare meet and confer correspondence
- Review, manage, summarize, and synthesize records and data of all kinds in various types of cases, with an emphasis on tort cases, including medical records and deposition transcripts
- Motion writing experience, such as oppositions to motions including discovery motions, motions to continue trial
- Proficient in software programs such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel and able to learn other programs including document and case management systems
- Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints with minimal supervision and exceptional attention to detail
- Maintaining accurate and promptly recording billable time
Education, Experience, and Skills:
- 3 years paralegal experience in a law firm
- Civil litigation experience required
- Familiarity with performing research tasks using web-based legal research services
- Experience working with paperless files. iManage experience a plus
- Bachelor’s degree and paralegal certificate from ABA-approved program required.
LOD is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity and inclusion is a core part of our Ways of Working, and we celebrate and embrace it. We know the individual differences of our people make us collectively better and we encourage all applicants; including people with disability, career breaks, gender diverse, LGBTQIA, and culturally diverse communities to join us so we can do great things together.
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