Personal Injury Legal Assistant Paralegal

Garces, Grabler & LeBrocq; Trenton (NJ); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a bilingual legal assistant/paralegal to join their personal injury team. This role is perfect for someone committed to maximizing client recovery and improving quality of life. The ideal candidate will have at least five years of experience in personal injury law, familiarity with New Jersey e-courts, and proficiency in MS Office and SmartAdvocate. You will provide crucial administrative support, communicate with clients and experts, and assist in legal preparations. Join a supportive firm that values its clients and offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and a 401K plan match.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

401K Plan Match

Paid Time Off

Life Insurance

Long-term Disability Insurance

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a legal assistant or litigation paralegal in personal injury.
• Fluency in English and Spanish, both verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to enhance law office effectiveness.
• Assist in preparing for depositions, mediations, and trials.

Skills

Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Legal Assistant Experience

Organizational Skills

Communication Skills

Case Management

Ability to Work Under Pressure

Tools

MS Office

SmartAdvocate

Job description

Job Description

We are looking for a bilingual (English/Spanish) 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.
• Communicate with clients, law offices, insurance adjusters, medical offices, and experts.
• Assist in preparing for depositions, mediations, arbitrations, and trials.
• Prepare and file complaints, motions, briefs, arbitration statements, prepare specials packages, discovery demands, answers to interrogatories, review discovery provided and summarize deposition testimony.
• Compose e-mails and correspondence.
• Monitor deadlines and maintain the law office calendar.
• Prepare disbursement of settlement funds and request checks from the accounting department.
• Answer inquiries from potential new clients.
• Responsible for pre-litigation and litigation experience.

The successful candidate will possess the following requirements:

• At least five years of working experience as a legal assistant or litigation paralegal in personal injury.
• Familiarity with New Jersey e-courts and N.J. court rules and legal procedures.
• Satisfactory knowledge of day-to-day operations of a law office.
• Computer literacy with proficiency in MS Office.
• Strong case management experience including SmartAdvocate.
• Fluency in English and Spanish, 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.

We take care of our clients; they take care of us! If you want to make a difference, we want you!