Paralegal - Burnett Specialists

A prestigious law firm is looking for an experienced civil litigation paralegal to join their insurance defense team.

 

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Open records requests/FOIA requests
• Order medical, billing, radiology, pharmaceutical records
• Order employment records, prior insurance claims, workers' compensation records
• Paid v. incurred charts
• Create and prepare binders and/or digital notebooks for impending depositions, mediation or trial
• Bates label and redact confidential and privileged materials
• Prepare production logs
• Draft discovery responses and pleadings
• Review and summarize medical records
• Consult and retain experts for obtaining counter-affidavits or expert reports to address alleged injuries or liability
• Compile, organize, and segregate documents and materials for attorney’s review and analysis
• Prepare pre-trial docs, motions and exhibits
• Deposition summaries
• Adhere to client guidelines by calendaring required deadlines
• Should be familiar with local court rules/guidelines and Texas Rules of Civil Procedure-Conduct research (for example: order police reports, obtain information via public data website, obtain comprehensive persons reports, etc.)
• Review all ECF filings and identify next steps
• Schedule mediations, depositions, meeting, experts-Calendar scheduling orders
• Software programs that they utilize are Centerbase and NetDocs

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Minimum of 5+ years of civil litigation paralegal experience
• Insurance defense experience is highly preferred