Workers Compensation Legal Assistant

Dudley Debosier • Baton Rouge, LA

10d • Onsite

About The Position

Dudley DeBosier Injury Lawyers is a growing law firm with offices throughout Louisiana, focused on providing high-quality legal representation and exceeding client service expectations. The firm is hiring an experienced Workers Compensation Legal Assistant in Baton Rouge to support its workers’ compensation team. In this role, you will provide clients with excellent customer service from the beginning of a case through its resolution.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 1–2 years of related work experience as a legal assistant.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products.
• Customer-service focus, attention to detail, and a proactive team-oriented approach.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong time-management and organizational skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, structured, and changing environment.
• Ability to work with a high sense of urgency.
• Professional and courteous manner with strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Contact clients, adjusters, and providers regularly, and return calls in a timely manner.
• Set up initial files in case management software.
• Manage incoming and outgoing mail, email, and fax.
• Manage attorneys’ calendars for deadlines, client meetings, and other scheduled events, and confirm meeting addresses.
• Prepare settlement documents when necessary.
• Scan documents to the appropriate party and/or client file.
• Close electronic files in a timely manner.
• Draft basic legal pleadings.
• Provide clients with excellent customer service from case inception through resolution.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Four weeks of paid time off
• 12 paid holidays

What This Job Offers

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