Senior Personal Injury Paralegal - High-Impact Case Support

CornerStone Professional Placement; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Retirement plan

Job summary

CornerStone Professional Placement is seeking a diligent Personal Injury Paralegal to support 3–4 attorneys across pre-litigation through trial preparation in a Dallas, TX office setting. You will manage complex files, protect deadlines, and help cases progress accurately and efficiently.

Ideal candidates bring 6+ years in personal injury paralegal work, strong drafting skills, and a track record coordinating with insurers, medical providers, and court staff.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience as a paralegal in personal injury law.
• Strong knowledge of personal injury procedures, case timelines, legal document preparation, court filings, discovery, and deadline management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, organization, attention to detail, and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage competing priorities independently.

Responsibilities

• Manage a varied personal injury caseload with minimal supervision, supporting attorneys through pre-litigation, litigation, settlement, and trial preparation.
• Conduct detailed intake, maintain ongoing case communication, and coordinate with insurance adjusters, medical providers, experts, court staff, opposing counsel, and other parties.
• Draft and prepare correspondence, pleadings, discovery responses, motions, subpoenas, settlement demand packages, and other case-related legal documents.
• Request, review, organize, and summarize medical records, medical bills, wage records, police reports, and expert materials; prepare settlement demands and provide negotiation support.
• Track statutes of limitation, discovery deadlines, and court-imposed timelines; coordinate filings, depositions, mediations, hearings, independent medical examinations, and trial preparation, including exhibits, witness lists, subpoenas, trial notebooks, and courtroom logistics.

Skills

Deadline management

Legal document prep

Communication

Organization

Attention to detail

Independent prioritization

Tools

Legal case management software

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Electronic court filing systems

Job description

CornerStone Professional Placement is seeking a diligent Personal Injury Paralegal to support 3–4 attorneys across pre-litigation through trial preparation in a Dallas, TX office setting. You will manage complex files, protect deadlines, and help cases progress accurately and efficiently.

Ideal candidates bring 6+ years in personal injury paralegal work, strong drafting skills, and a track record coordinating with insurers, medical providers, and court staff.