Workers Compensation Paralegal

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Workers Compensation Paralegal


Duties: Assist workers compensation attorney with claim support, including
communications with attorneys, district staff, adjustors and health care providers, pleadings, trial preparations, legal research, reports and other legal documents. Assist workers compensation attorney with file management duties. Assist workers compensation attorney with legal research, reports and other legal documents: Develop data to ensure high quality pleadings, affidavits, subpoenas, exhibits,
memoranda, correspondence and reports related to workers compensation matters; Draft, edit, file and locate pleadings, affidavits, subpoenas, exhibits, memoranda,
reports, correspondence, reports and other legal documents related to workers
compensation claims; Use legal, medical, regulatory and other resources to investigate workers compensation claims and other related subjects; Prepare fact analyses and assemble complicated packages of documents, medical information, claims analyses and other materials; File and locate legal opinions and court decisions as requested. Perform support duties for workers compensation attorney: Initiate and respond to communications regarding workers compensation matters. Coordinate and work with the administrative assistant supporting the paralegal and Workers Compensation Attorney. Design and oversee the district’s filing system and its management. Ensure that appropriate interviews, depositions and meetings are scheduled. Maintain the docket, calendar and claim information to quickly communicate the status of pending claims, key deadlines and requests for legal opinions. Prepare indexes, fact memos, transcript and deposition summaries. Work with outside law firms, when required, to assist with discovery and other matters with district staff, including document and witness preparation. Take minutes at meetings as necessary. Expert legal knowledge of workers compensation matters. Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality. Ability to creatively and proactively problem solve. Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism when dealing with district employees , patrons and the general public. Expert organization.

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