Associate Legal Assistant
GEICO
Associate Legal Assistant
GEICO
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Detroit • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United States
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JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Perform mid-level legal assistant and administrative duties for a Staff Counsel Office.
- Develop a working knowledge of legal concepts, practices, and Staff Counsel procedures applicable by jurisdiction.
- Draft/revise routine legal documents and handle multiple administrative and legal tasks to support attorneys.
- Participate in preparation of pleadings, routine motions, notices, jury demands, and routine discovery.
- Review invoices and prepare/send checks.
- Provide training and onboarding support for Staff Counsel Support Staff.
- Maintain relationships with attorneys, outside departments, courts, clients, and third parties.
- Manage and monitor court filings and suits via mail, in-person, or e-filing.
- Maintain attorney and office calendars and schedule depositions, EUOs, trials, conferences and hearings.
- Assist in the discovery process: gather and compile medical records and discovery documents, prepare draft discovery responses, coordinate client signatures for filings, and schedule IMEs.
- Communicate with clients, claims personnel, adversaries and tribunals and refer complex matters to attorneys.
Requirements
- Position requires 2 years’ experience as a legal secretary, paralegal or legal assistant handling personal liability 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, including 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 IMEs.
- Has communicated with clients, claims personnel, adversaries and tribunals as needed and refers complex inquiries to the appropriate Attorney for handling.
- At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
- Market-competitive compensation
- 401K savings plan vested from day one with a 6% match
- Performance and recognition-based incentives
- Tuition assistance
- Industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching
- Mental healthcare support
- Fertility and adoption assistance
- Employee engagement and recognition programs
- Workplace flexibility and GEICO Flex program (ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year)
ATS Keywords
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Hard skills
legal assistant dutiesdrafting legal documentspreparing pleadingsroutine motionsdiscovery processcourt filingsmanaging calendarsreviewing invoicesnotary licensecase management system
Soft skills
communicationrelationship managementtraining and onboardingorganizational skillsmultitasking
Certifications
notary license
