About this role
Personal Injury Legal Assistant
We are seeking an experienced Personal Injury Legal Assistant with expertise in both pre-litigation and litigation. This full-time, onsite role supports our attorneys by managing case files, coordinating schedules, and ensuring efficient case administration. We're looking for a dependable team player with strong organizational, communication, and legal software skills who values collaboration and work-life balance.
Responsibilities
- Scan and save incoming mail, emails, and faxes.
- Calendar depositions, medical exams, mediations, arbitrations, and court dates.
- Send client notices for depositions, medical exams, mediations, arbitrations, and court appearances.
- Coordinate court reporters, translators, and videographers for depositions.
- Confirm attorney appearances.
- Request medical records and narrative reports.
- Organize electronic medical records and prepare Form A response attachments.
- Draft and serve amendment cover letters.
- Schedule medical exams and send records to providers after attorney approval.
- Answer incoming calls and assist the paralegal.
- Process funding requests
Qualifications
- Previous experience as a Legal Assistant working on NJ Personal Injury cases is required.
- Can take direction via email and/or verbally
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficient with Windows/MS Office Applications including Outlook Calendar, Word, Excel.
- Knowledge of Adobe PDF a plus
- Past experience working on NJ Personal Injury cases