Legal Assistant Ii

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Legal Assistant II
The candidate will provide legal assistant support to 2-3 workers’ compensation attorneys with a case load of 80 files per attorney. Identify critical documents requiring timely responses and associated deadlines to ensure clients/insureds/Company are protected from sanctions and unnecessary litigation. Manage and prioritize competing deadlines. Communicate with claim partners, clients, witnesses, court, opposing counsel, vendors, and team members. Coordinate/schedule meetings, hearings, appointments, and depositions. Generate draft templates (pleadings, motions, objections, correspondence) for attorney review and approval. Maintain data integrity in a document management platform supporting our paperless environment (documents, parties, roles/relations, naming conventions). E-file structured and unstructured documents in EAMS along with the service of same documents on all interested/appropriate parties. Assemble medical packets to experts along with itemized schedule of records. Timely transmit and request payments to vendors, experts, etc. Provide office support as needed (place tickets for failing equipment, assist peers as needed and during PTO). Experience with a document management platform (TeamConnect a plus). Must have High school diploma or general education degree (GED). Should preferably have 1+ years’ experience. Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to type a min. of 70 wpm and must be proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.). Must have prior workers’ compensation experience supporting multiple attorneys and competing deadlines. Must be experienced in preparation of pleadings including, but not limited to Declaration of Readiness to Proceed, Panel Requests, Pleadings, Objections, Proof of Services, etc. Knowledge of EAMS and the Public Search for party/injury information required.

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