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Sbhonline

Paralegal

Sbhonline, New York, New York, us, 10261

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Overview The title of the position is Legal Assistant, which is a combination of paralegal, clerk and legal secretary. The hours are 9 – 5 and an accommodation will made to leave early on Friday and holidays.

Responsibilities

We specialize in personal injury cases only, from initial take-in through trial.

Generally speaking, the job will entail, keeping track of what’s going on in the office; collecting and tracking medical and hospital records, client contact, scheduling in-office and out of office appointments, scheduling and confirming depositions, contact with insurance companies, typing correspondence and pleadings (legal documents), answering, emails, working with Outlook and certain administrative duties.

This person will learn about the trial diary which tracks all in-office and out-of-office appointments and all court conferences.

This person will have their own work diary which will track the work done on client files (file processing) along with any other work that he or she will be given.

Qualifications

Typing speed: minimum 50 words per minute

Proficiency in Microsoft Word (word processing)

Although not an absolute requirement, preference is a minimum of 1 or 2 years of office experience.

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