Senior Litigation Paralegal

Vaughan & Vaughan; Carmel (IN); On-site; USD 48,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

PTO

401(k) with safe-harbor and matching

Job summary

Vaughan & Vaughan is a fourth-generation trial firm located in Indiana, focused on real litigation work for personal injury cases. We offer growth, tailored caseloads, and opportunities to contribute meaningfully to clients’ lives through discovery, deposition prep, and trial support.

The team emphasizes education and growth, with modern workflows and technology-driven processes to advance careers within a supportive, high-performance environment.

Qualifications

• Experienced litigation paralegal with personal injury experience preferred.
• Ability to manage discovery, deposition prep, and trial support.
• Proactive, client-focused with strong work ethic and growth mindset.
• Comfortable with modern workflows and AI-assisted processes.

Responsibilities

• Own real litigation work, draft discovery materials, build medical chronologies and damages support, and assist through trial.
• Carry a focused caseload and know each case deeply.
• Handle pre-litigation with judgment, including records, demand prep, and client relations.
• Develop and improve workflows with the latest technology; collaborate with team.
• Grow on purpose through structured reviews and ongoing training.

Skills

Litigation paralegal experience

Personal injury focus

Client relationships

Curiosity and adaptability

Attention to detail

Tools

AI adoption

Job description

Many paralegal jobs in personal injury look the same: a mountain of files, a copy-paste practice, and a firm that measures you by how many cases you can juggle before something drops. This is not that job. We measure excellence differently: case preparation, client relationships, work ethic, and growth.

Vaughan & Vaughan is a fourth-generation trial firm, representing Indiana's injured since 1913, and we are deliberately building differently. Our litigation teams work on focused caseloads, not hundreds of files. Our paralegals do real litigation work, and they have the opportunity to think critically and meaningfully contribute to people’s lives through discovery, deposition prep, expert coordination and planning, demand strategy, and trial support.

And we hold a simple conviction about talent: a great paralegal is a difference-maker in a client's case, and we staff, develop, and pay accordingly. We want to invest in your education and growth as a paralegal as well.

Many paralegal jobs in personal injury look the same: a mountain of files, a copy-paste practice, and a firm that measures you by how many cases you can juggle before something drops. This is not that job. We measure excellence differently: case preparation, client relationships, work ethic, and growth.

Vaughan & Vaughan is a fourth-generation trial firm, representing Indiana's injured since 1913, and we are deliberately building differently. Our litigation teams work on focused caseloads, not hundreds of files. Our paralegals do real litigation work, and they have the opportunity to think critically and meaningfully contribute to people’s lives through discovery, deposition prep, expert coordination and planning, demand strategy, and trial support.

And we hold a simple conviction about talent: a great paralegal is a difference-maker in a client's case, and we staff, develop, and pay accordingly. We want to invest in your education and growth as a paralegal as well.

What You'll Actually Do

• Own real litigation work. Proactively draft and manage discovery, prepare deposition materials, build medical chronologies and damages support, and work cases from intake through trial alongside our attorneys, not just around them.
• Carry a focused caseload. Our teams are built so you can know every case deeply. We desire to compete on craft and value, not volume.
• Handle pre-litigation with judgment. Records, demand preparation, client relationships, medical payback negotiations, and case development where your thinking with your attorney, not just your processing, moves the case.
• Work and develop modern workflows. We strive to be a technologically advanced plaintiff firm, including firm-wide AI adoption with real training. We want you to be excited about developing and improving workflows with the latest technology, collaborating with those around you.
• Grow on purpose. Structured reviews, real feedback, training plans, and a firm that promotes and pays based on demonstrated excellence.

Who Thrives Here

• An experienced litigation paralegal (personal injury strongly preferred) who takes genuine pride in work product, the kind of person who rereads a demand or pleading before it goes out and wants to stay informed on the case even when it is in the attorney’s hands, because their name is on the quality and they care deeply for the client.
• Someone who wants accountability. We run real performance reviews and give real feedback, warmly, directly, and often. People who want to be developed love it here.
• High ownership: you close loops, flag problems early, and treat the client's case like it's your own family's.
• Curious and adaptable. You are excited to master new systems and AI-assisted workflows rather than threatened by them.

Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation commensurate with experience: we pay top-of-market for genuinely exceptional talent. If you are excellent, you will be paid for it.
• Health coverage, PTO, 401(k) with safe-harbor and matching contributions.
• A team culture we actively invest in: team events, real training, and a firm small enough that your work is seen and your growth is personal.

About Vaughan & Vaughan

• We handle serious automobile and trucking injury cases across Indiana, with offices throughout central and southern Indiana. Our pillars, Humility, Integrity, and a Tradition of Excellence, are how we review, promote, and pay. We are growing intentionally, and we would rather hold a seat open than fill it with the wrong person.