Intellectual Property Paralegal
Northrop Grumman
Workers' Compensation Paralegal
Rob Levine Law
full-time
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Location: Massachusetts, Rhode Island • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Provide administrative and legal support to the Firm’s Workers’ Compensation attorneys.
- Organize and analyze documents and case work, including employment records, claim file records, medical bills, and large numbers of medical records.
- Draft pleadings and other court documents; prepare discovery requests and responses.
- File/eFile pleadings with the courts and serve the same on appropriate case-related parties.
- Schedule hearings, depositions, medical evaluations, attorney conferences, client meetings, court reporters and interpreters.
- Actively contribute in all phases of the discovery process and prepare exhibits and documents for court hearings, depositions, and trials.
- Prepare exhibits, exhibit and witness lists for trials/hearings, pre-trial conference memos, mediation materials, and settlement documents.
- Assist with maintaining an accurate calendar for assigned attorneys by docketing deadlines in Smart Advocate and Outlook calendaring.
- Provide substantive administrative support to attorneys to enhance office efficiency and effectiveness.
- Consistently produce high level work that is accurate and meets or exceeds Firm standards.
- Communicate clearly and effectively and work professionally with all attorneys and Legal Assistants assigned to the team.
Requirements
- Required: 3-5 years of workers' compensation experience in Rhode Island.
- Knowledge of the Rhode Island Workers’ Compensation law and Court Process is a must.
- Preferred: Knowledge of Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation law and court procedure.
- Preferred: Knowledge of electronic filing system and DMS system.
- Extremely organized and meticulous; able to multi-task in a high-speed, deadline driven environment.
- Excellent oral and written communications skills.
- Ability to prioritize while meeting all deadlines and demonstrating a high level of reliability and efficiency.
- Ability to work in a very fast-paced environment and adapt to changes.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Must work well in a team-oriented environment.
- Desire to always be learning and improving.
- Timely and efficient work product while setting tasks/goals and following through to achieve the highest level of completion.
- The ability to use foresight to effectively plan ahead to anticipate the needs of supervising attorneys and the team.
- Regular and reliable attendance
