GEICO

Associate Legal Assistant - Omaha, NE (HYBRID)

GEICO

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

JuniorMid-Level

About the role

  • Hires Associate Legal Assistant to perform mid-level legal assistant and administrative duties for a Staff Counsel Office
  • Develop working knowledge of legal concepts and Staff Counsel procedures by jurisdiction
  • Draft/revise routine legal documents and handle multiple administrative tasks to support attorneys
  • Participate in preparation of pleadings, routine motions, notices, jury demands, routine discovery, review invoices, and prepare/send checks
  • Provide training and onboarding support for Staff Counsel Support Staff and maintain relationships with attorneys, outside departments, courts, clients, and third parties

Requirements

  • 2 years’ experience as a legal secretary, paralegal or legal assistant handling personal injury litigation matters
  • Based on jurisdiction, may need to obtain and maintain a notary license
  • Experience preparing, under supervision, routine pleadings, motions, petitions, prehearing and arbitration statements, admissions, notices, jury demands, routine discovery, expert disclosures, and correspondence of a non-dictated nature, within the case management system, for attorney review and signature
  • Handled the management and monitoring of court filings and suits via mail, in-person, or e-filing
  • Has previously handled paper and electronic mail
  • Knowledge and experience maintaining attorney and office calendars by scheduling, rescheduling, confirming, and/or canceling appointments, including depositions and/or EUOs, trials, conferences and hearings
  • Has reviewed invoices to ensure compliance with the Company’s Expense Policy and handles in accordance with established procedures
  • Experience assisting in the discovery process. This includes, but is not limited to, gathering and compiling medical records and discovery documents, preparing draft discovery responses at the direction of the attorney, coordinating their completion and signature by client for filing and scheduling IME's
  • Has communicates with clients, claims personnel, adversaries and tribunals as needed
  • Refers complex inquiries to the appropriate Attorney for handling