Personal injury legal assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Lebovitz Law Group is a personal injury law firm dedicated to helping injured victims. A serious injury or death can be a life changing event. Our clients receive the attention, time and detail required to help them through their most difficult times. We treat our clients and legal team like family; we believe in our employees and support their personal growth and development.

Summary Job Description

Our paralegals develop relationships with our clients as we genuinely care about the people we help.
We keep case volume low so that our paralegals have time to work on all files and produce top quality work.
Our paralegals help in every aspect of case management; however, we have team members supporting our paralegals and assisting
with ordering medical records and police reports, doing balance verification, setting up claims, and more.

Full Job Description

Independently manage all aspects of personal injury caseload from beginning to end.
Communicate with medical facilities/providers to update client's medical treatment, attendance and other special medical procedures.
Utilization of case management software; Data entry including placing notes into the firms client management system; Update case
files.
Keep meticulous records; Develop and implement organized filing systems; Organize and maintain documents in an electronic filing
system.
Order, review, and summarize medical records.
Ensure all files are organized, complete and ready for demand.
Screen calls, update clients with status of their case, provided information to medical providers and insurance companies.
Greet and assist onsite guests with a positive, helpful attitude, providing them with a professional welcome, going above and beyond in
the service approach.
Provide general office support and assistance in completing miscellaneous projects as needed; Light back up reception; Assisting with
a variety of administrative tasks, copying/scanning/filing/faxing, and team support.
Responsible for training new legal secretaries/receptionists, assistants, case managers and paralegals.
Handle all liens and third-party interests.
Experienced in Medicare/Medicaid, and private insurance subrogation.
Investigate facts and research legal issues necessary to determine validity of liens and third-party interests.
Negotiate liens with medical providers, Medicare, Medicaid and Tri-Care.
Build and keep good relationships with medical providers and other parties involved.
Verify account balances, liens and third-party interests.
Marketing opportunities to promote the law firm, build and maintain referrals; Increase client intake by marketing with local
medical/chiropractic and other industry related offices.
Setting up lunch and dinner meetings with providers and other parties.

The candidate MUST possess the following:

Minimum of 2 years relevant work experience working as a personal injury paralegal.
Enjoy working in a collaborative team environment; Able to contribute positively as part of a team, helping with various tasks as
required.
Be a self-sufficient, self-motivated, highly organized multi-tasker who works well in a fast-paced environment; Capacity to work under
pressure and prioritize work quickly.
Desire to learn; The right candidate has opportunities to advance.

Minimum Education/Experience

Paralegal Certification or equivalent is required.
Minimum 2 years experience working as a personal injury paralegal.
Fluent in Spanish, both speaking and writing (preferred but not mandatory).
Efficiency utilizing Microsoft Office Programs (i.e. Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.).
Medical certifications or training and billing experience a plus.

Additional Compensation & Benefits:

Bonuses
Health insurance benefit
Paid time off / sick leave
Become part of an awesome, growing team!