Paralegal

ProspectBlue; Fredericksburg (VA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

ProspectBlue is assisting a Fredericksburg, VA law firm in finding a Workers' Compensation Paralegal to join its team. The role focuses on drafting pleadings, discovery management, and trial preparation in workers' comp matters.

The ideal candidate has proven experience as a workers' compensation paralegal, strong writing and communication skills, and excellent organizational abilities to juggle multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Proven working experience as a workers compensation paralegal.
• Knowledge of motions, discovery, evidence, and litigation documentation.
• Highly organized with ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Draft and prepare pleadings for filing.
• Attend telephone conferences and prepare synopsis memoranda.
• Maintain pleadings and discovery indexes.
• Organize exhibits, documents, briefs and appendices.
• Aid attorneys with interrogatories and other discovery requests.
• Gather relevant information from various sources.
• Redact information from documents.
• Assist in trial preparation with binders, indexing discovery, and preparing exhibits.
• Prepare witness preparation binders.

Skills

Paralegal experience

Workers' compensation

Legal research & writing

Organizational skills

MS Excel & Word

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

Job description

ProspectBlue has partnered with a law firm in Fredericksburg, VA that is looking for a Workers' Compensation Paralegal to join it's team!

Responsibilities

• Draft and prepare pleadings for filing
• Attend telephone conferences and prepare synopsis memoranda
• Maintain pleadings and discovery indexes
• Organize exhibits, documents, briefs and appendices
• Aid attorneys with interrogatories and other discovery requests
• Gather relevant information from a variety of sources
• Redact information from documents
• Assist in trial preparation by preparing binders, indexing discovery, and preparing trial exhibits
• Prepare witness preparation binders

Skills

• Proven working experience as a workers compensation paralegal
• Applicable knowledge of motions, discovery, evidence, litigation documentation, etc.
• Highly organized with ability to juggle multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Strong writing and communication skills along with attention to detail
• Extensive computer and database expertise (MS Excel and Word skills necessary)