Touchstone Bernays has an exciting opportunity for a paralegal experienced in personal injury defense and construction defect cases. If you have three to five years of defense litigation experience and are seeking stable employment with a hybrid work schedule, we would like to talk to you. Bilingual is a plus.
The average tenure at Touchstone Bernays is 12 years.
Responsibilities include:
- Order, review and summarize employment and medical records (medical background is not necessary but previous experience in the area is required)
- Draft discovery responses, notices, basic motions, orders, and settlement agreements
- Schedule depositions, mediations, meetings, and inspections
- Calendar discovery deadlines, depositions, hearings, and other events
- Coordinate with records services to obtain employment, medical, billing, workers’ compensation, and insurance records
- Prepare open records requests
- Interact capably with clients and legal professionals
- Attend selected depositions and meetings with clients, witnesses, and other counsel
- State and federal e-filing
- Electronic file management of large, document-intensive cases
Ideal candidate is a self-starter and team player with a positive attitude and a good work ethic who demonstrates maturity and good decision-making skills. Candidate should be organized, personable, helpful, and enjoy working in the legal field.
Benefits include: hybrid work schedule with 2 remote workdays each week, 37.5 hour work week with no overtime, medical, dental, vision, AD&D and life insurance, paid covered parking or DART GoPass, business casual dress code.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
Work Location: In person