Paralegal

Adams and Reese • New Orleans, LA

9d

About The Position

Assists attorneys in performing legal tasks in research, document production and overall legal support to the attorneys’ practice.

Requirements

• High School graduate.
• 3 years of experience as a paralegal or legal secretary in a position involving significant decision making responsible.
• Ability to type 65 wpm.
• Competent in the use of computers and Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Power Point and Microsoft Outlook.
• Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing.
• Good organizational skills.
• Excellent people skills.

Nice To Haves

• College degree
• Paralegal certificate

Responsibilities

• Index, organize and analyze legal and other documents.
• Provide assistance to attorney in finalizing releases, working with client contact to run Medicare to determine Medicare status of claimants.
• Under the supervision of an attorney, prepare initial draft of pleadings, discovery responses, and other filings.
• Draft and update Excel spreadsheet charts that monitor the progress of all litigation and settlements
• Review releases executed by claimants to determine if all of the settling claimants and their counsel properly executed the release as well as all necessary ancillary documentation
• Issue subpoenas and perform basic background checks.
• Coordinate and participate in document production.
• Manage client repository of cases in storage internally and also outside repositories
• Work with accounting department regarding settlement funds received from client; prepare documents for transfer of funds to plaintiffs’ counsel; confer with plaintiff counsel to confirm banking information; draft and update settlement disbursement accounting
• Summarize medical records
• Provide weekly updates of active cases to attorney
• Maintain and distribute case-at-a-glance spreadsheet for all pending litigation to attorneys working on files
• Maintain calendar of deadlines, etc.
• Revise Adams and Reese database case organizations per attorney requests
• Review Federal and State Court dockets for filings concerning client
• Summarize testimonies and documents using Harvey, the firm AI assistant
• Review documents for discovery purposes
• Manage index and documents in storage at Alliance repository
• Load all documents and emails into IManage and maintain folders and subfolders in each case
• Maintain spreadsheet of when settlements are funded and email to client of funding date for Medicare purposes
• Draft and update Excel spreadsheet charts that monitor the progress of all litigation and settlements
• Research internal Adams and Reese databases of the client regarding all litigations, some dating to 25 years ago
• Research the litigation history of claimants; access JDG database for information on claimants and AR database
• Access NORM AR database for documents pre-IManage
• Acess JeffNet and CDC websites and docket sheet for pleadings filed in dockets; monitor case filings
• Communicate with clients, court personnel, experts, attorneys and others by telephone, in person and in writing, obtaining and giving information as directed.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED