MehaffyWeber · 5 months ago
Legal Assistant
San Antonio, TX
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry LevelMehaffyWeber is seeking a Litigation Paralegal with excellent organizational skills and experience in managing case files. The role focuses on defense litigation, personal injury, and administrative law, requiring strong communication skills and the ability to handle various documentation and client interactions.
Law Practice
No H1B
Responsibilities
Document management of the client’s files, expert documents and communications, production responses, depositions, and other discovery documents
Responsibility for record ordering, preparing initial responses to discovery for attorney review, preparing documents for production to include redaction and bates labeling, and supplementing discovery
Reviews discovery production to identify key documents for attorney review, prepare chronology of key events, and ensure proper indexing of the discovery production and evidence
Communication as needed with the client, retained expert witnesses, trial court coordinator, records retrieval company, forensics company and other service providers as part of the case workup
Conduct background investigations and searches of parties and witnesses as well as perform searches on government websites
Research as needed on Facebook, Instagram, Google Earth or other websites in support of the case workup
Involved in scheduling hearings, mediations and trials, and coordinating key dates with other law firms, witnesses, and service providers
Assist in the preparation of pleadings, motions, affidavits, exhibits, orders and all notices
Acts as a team player to accomplish daily tasks
Completes the input of billing daily
Qualification
Required
Excellent organizational skills
Experience managing voluminous case files
Experience billing as an insurance defense paralegal
Strong written and oral communication skills
Positive and professional demeanor
Ability to read and write in order to proof and perform minor editing (e.g., punctuation, grammar, spelling) of routine law office correspondence and legal case matters
Perform non-complex arithmetic calculations on forms and documents
Maintain records and filing systems at a level normally acquired through completion of high school or equivalent
Preferred
Experience in defense litigation
Experience in personal injury law
Experience in administrative law
Benefits
401(k)
Dental insurance
Employee assistance program
Flexible spending account
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance
Company
MehaffyWeber
MehaffyWeber was founded in 1946 as a litigation firm.
Founded in 1946
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Holly Hamm
Partner
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