Litigation Paralegal

Kennedys, a global law firm with offices throughout the US, seeks a full-time Paralegal with solid insurance defense litigation experience related to NY law to join our team in our New York City Office. This is a really exciting opportunity for an ambitious Paralegal to join a growing, global law firm.

Team

Insurance Defense Litigation

Key responsibilities

• Ability to review medical records and add relevant dates/information to the medical chronology
• Prepare discovery motions (Motions to Extend Discovery, Motion to Compel Discovery and Motion Dismiss Complaint for Plaintiff’s Failure to Provide Discovery)
• Experience reviewing Plaintiff’s Answers to Interrogatories
• Schedule and coordinate IME’s for plaintiff
• Research (Westlaw preferred) and other online sources
• Assist in retention of experts
• Prepare HIPPA Authorization Forms for Plaintiff’s execution and return
• Retrieval of medical records from providers
• Follow-up with providers to ensure receipt of records of HIPPA request
• Perform Jury Verdict Searches using Westlaw
• Preparation of appeals, motions and privilege logs
• Production of documents
• Shepardizing [blue booking]cases

Our ideal candidate should have

• 10+ years of relevant experience [Insurance Defense Litigation]
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience drafting/posting billable time entries [annual billing requirement is 1400 hours] – Experience with Elite, a plus
• Excellent organizational skills and a keen attention to detail
• Must be able to manage large case load
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
• Thorough working knowledge of and experience working the Federal and New York court system
• Experience drafting and entering time entries
• Experience with Westlaw, Lexis, PACER, iManage, and records collection vendors
• College graduate and/or Paralegal Certificate from an ABA accredited program preferred or relevant years of experience.
• Ability to work 3 days in Manhattan office/2 days at home

The annualized salary range for this role is $82,000-$95,000. However, this is contingent upon level of experience, practice group, location and other job-related factors permitted by law.

Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.