Apply for Experienced Insurance Defense & Personal Injury Defense Paralegal

We are seeking an experienced Litigation Paralegal specializing in insurance defense and personal injury defense to join our team. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience supporting attorneys in the defense of bodily injury, automobile liability, premises liability, and other insured litigation matters.

This is a substantive paralegal position for someone who understands the lifecycle of a personal injury defense case and can help manage files from initial assignment through discovery, mediation, settlement, and trial. The successful candidate will be highly organized, detail-oriented, proactive, and comfortable managing multiple active litigation matters and competing deadlines.

• Assist attorneys with insurance defense and personal injury defense matters from initial assignment through final resolution.
• Review new case assignments, pleadings, claim files, medical records, accident reports, photographs, investigative materials, and other case documentation.
• Draft and prepare answers, discovery requests and responses, subpoenas, notices, authorizations, correspondence, and other litigation documents.
• Manage written discovery, including interrogatories, requests for production, requests for admissions, and responses to opposing parties’ discovery.
• Obtain, organize, review, and summarize medical records, medical bills, employment records, wage-loss documentation, prior claims information, and other damages evidence.
• Prepare detailed medical chronologies, treatment summaries, damages summaries, discovery summaries, and case timelines.
• Identify potential issues involving causation, pre-existing conditions, prior injuries or claims, gaps in treatment, damages, and supporting documentation for attorney review.
• Coordinate depositions of plaintiffs, witnesses, treating providers, experts, and other parties.
• Coordinate independent medical examinations, record reviews, expert evaluations, mediations, settlement conferences, and other litigation activities.
• Assist with locating, retaining, and communicating with medical and other expert witnesses.
• Prepare deposition materials, exhibits, medical records, chronologies, and other attorney preparation materials.
• Maintain litigation calendars and monitor discovery deadlines, expert disclosure deadlines, motion deadlines, depositions, hearings, mediations, pretrial conferences, and trial dates.
• Prepare and coordinate electronic filings in state and federal courts.
• Communicate professionally with insurance adjusters and claims professionals, insured clients, opposing counsel, medical providers, experts, court personnel, and vendors.
• Assist attorneys with preparation for mediations, settlement conferences, dispositive motions, hearings, depositions, and trials.
• Prepare witness and exhibit lists, trial notebooks, exhibits, demonstrative materials, deposition designations, and other trial preparation materials.
• Regularly review assigned files to identify outstanding discovery, missing medical records, expert reports, approaching deadlines, and necessary follow-up.
• Maintain organized and complete electronic case files in accordance with firm procedures.
• Prepare accurate, detailed, and timely billable time entries in compliance with firm and insurance carrier billing guidelines.
• Assist with litigation reports, status updates, evaluations, and other insurance carrier reporting requirements.
• Proactively communicate case developments and potential issues to the responsible attorney.

• 3–5 years of litigation paralegal experience, preferably in insurance and personal injury defense.
• Knowledge of bodily injury claims, civil litigation, discovery, court filings, and deadlines.
• Experience reviewing medical records, preparing case summaries, and assisting with depositions, mediations, and trials.
• Strong organization, communication, attention to detail, and ability to independently manage multiple files and deadlines.