Bilingual Personal Injury Paralegal (contract)
Bilingual Personal Injury Paralegal (contract)
Hackensack, New Jersey
|Full Time Temporary/Contract
|$ 25 - $ 30 per hour
Hackensack, New Jersey
Full Time Temporary/Contract
$ 25 - $ 30 per hour
October 23, 2024
|Job ID: NY102324MP_1729710635
October 23, 2024
Job ID: NY102324MP_1729710635
Job Summary
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Beacon Hill's client, a law firm located in Hackensack, NJ is seeking a temporary Personal Injury Paralegal for a long-term temporary coverage. The candidate must have experience handling personal injury cases from inception to settlement/trial as well as handling and supporting attorneys with pre-litigation matters. The candidate hired must commute to their office daily in Hackensack, NJ, must have paralegal experience in Personal Injury litigation, as a legal assistant or paralegal, and be bilingual. Pay rate is dependent upon experience.
Responsibilities
- Communicating with clients, law offices, insurance adjusters, medical offices, and experts.
- Manage Prelitigation and Litigation matters from start to finish.
- Assist in preparing for depositions, mediations, arbitrations, and trials.
- Prepare and file complaints, motions, briefs, and arbitration statements; prepare special packages, discovery demands, and answers to interrogatories. Review the discovery provided and summarize deposition testimony.
- Assist attorney with depositions calendaring and maintain court dates.
- Prepare disbursement of settlement funds and request checks from the accounting department.
Requirements
- High School Diploma, Paralegal Certificate or equivalent.
- Possess working experience as a legal assistant or paralegal in the personal injury area of law.
- Familiarity with New Jersey e-courts and N.J. court rules and legal procedures.
- Computer literacy with proficiency in M.S. Office and Outlook.
- Fluency in the English and Spanish languages, both verbally and in writing
Interested candidates can email a Word version of their resume for consideration. All relevant experience should be listed on resume submissions
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