Litigation Paralegal Resume Example

· Acted as the first point of contact for all clients.

· Met with clients to update them on the progress of cases.

· Produced legal documents such as briefs, pleadings, and appeals.

· Worked as a team with attorneys, administrative assistants, and fellow legal assistants.

• Filed all court documents on behalf of the attorneys.
• Filed all pleadings with the court clerk.
• Responsible for Intake of cases and qualify cases for potential clients
• Set Client up with the medical treatment as required
• Connect the Client with the firm's medical care coordination team
• Follow up and ensure Clients are going to their treatment, communicating with Client, Medical Care facilities
• Log and maintain records of Client symptoms, property damage, secondary impacts, or ripple effects caused by the case
• Obtain evidence from the Client as it becomes available
• Support tracking and logging case expenses
• Coordinating with the medical facility when a client's medical treatment is complete, demanding the case (organizing case file, requesting medical records under affidavit (or deciding when depositions are not needed),
• Ensure liens are respected and maintaining the Client informed
• Negotiation with insurance adjusters to secure the best settlement for our Client

• Communicate with potential clients and Qualify cases for consideration of taking the case
• Responsible for creating a letter of representation and demand packet for insurance companies
• Negotiated with the insurance adjuster to obtain the best settlement for our Client
• Communicated to the Client status of negotiations with the insurance company
• Qualified cases for litigation, if needed.
• Created and filed petitions with the courts,
• Kept track of cases status and informed the Client of status
• Communicated with court/court clerks for
• Send and communicate with the process server, perform investigative work as required to locate the defendant
• Continue negotiations with opposing counsel, schedule mediation or trials, calendar trial dates as required
• During mediation, preparing the case, prepping the Client, organizing the case file, and speaking with our expert witness, get the case's key facts.
• Participated in mediations, spoke to the mediator, opposing counsel, and insurance adjuster, and communicated with the Client in real-time. Advise attorney if needed.
• Draft and complete client release and firm's settlement agreement.
• Keep track of the settlement payment check, and do the accounting for the case; define how funds are disbursed (per a previous agreement).
• Prepare payment to the Client and close the case.