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Well-known medium sized law firm is looking for a Mass Tort Client Paralegal who will work mostly remote and is responsible for all aspects related to managing clients for the Complex & Mass Tort practice group.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serve as main point of contact for clients including:
• Maintaining regular client contact
• Promptly responding to client inquiries
• Managing incoming and outgoing client correspondence
• Responsible for ordering, tracking and reviewing client medical records and information to document evidence required to prove case and following up as needed;
• Maintaining and calendaring client related deadlines including SOLs and client specific discovery related deadlines;
• Responsible for responding to discovery utilizing MDL Centrality and LMI Litigation Management, including:
• calendaring deadlines;
• preparing answers to interrogatories;
• completing and submitting Plaintiff Fact Sheets, Plaintiff Profile Forms, Census Forms; and
• curing related deficiencies.
• Working closely with the Client Service Specialist team to meet objectives of effectively and efficiently managing clients;
• Working closely with litigation team to ensure client files are complete and ready for filing, meeting discovery deadlines and trial;
• Performing legal research using various research tools, including the Internet, Westlaw, LexisNexis, PACER and various public-access websites;
• Utilizing Microsoft programs including Word and Excel to manage projects.

Supervisory Responsibilities:
This position has no supervisory responsibilities

Knowledge and Skills:

• Demonstrate the ability to work well under pressure and regularly meet deadlines
• Ability to do legal research

• Ability to read and understand medical records
• Ability to work independently and as a team, with strong reasoning skills
• Proficiency using MS Outlook, Word, Excel, Adobe, Westlaw, LexisNexis and PACER
• Experience using document management and case management systems.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated proficiency with all phase of litigation process
• Flexibility to work overtime as needed

Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• Minimum two (2) years' experience with Client contact in a Mass Tort or similar litigation practice
• Plaintiff experience strongly preferred

If qualified, interested and looking to learn more, please send an MS Word or PDF version of your resume to Jess Levinson at [email protected]

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