Confidential Posting
Job Summary
- Location
- Beltsville, MD 20705
- Industries
- Financial Services
- Job Type
- Full Time
- Employee
- Years of Experience
- 2+ to 5 Years
- Education Level
- Certification
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
- Salary
- 35,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD /year
Paralegal/Legal Assistant
About the Job
Job Purpose:
Duties:
Legal Compliance, Research Skills, Analyzing Information, Dealing with Complexity, Administrative Writing Skills, Reporting Skills, Telephone Skills, Multi-tasking, Production Orientation, Organization, Legal Administration Skills, Client Relationships, Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Researches law, investigates facts and prepares documents to assist Legal Accounts Department by performing the following duties.
Duties:
* Oversees cases by managing files and documents; coordinating with support services and clients, law firms; expediting paper flow; maintaining schedules and deadlines; generating status reports, logs, and indexes; processing settlement papers and payments.
* Coordinate witnesses needed for upcoming trials; directs delivery of subpoenas to witnesses and parties to action; maintains court trial calendar.
* Prepares affidavits requiring client signatures; follows up to ensure timely receipt.
* Promptly responds to emails, faxes and phone calls from law firms.
* Submits requests for additional information and documentation needed to Client Services Department; follows up to ensure needed information is received in a timely manner.
* Maintains accounts by properly imaging all documents received and noting the account with any action taken and work performed.
* Refer all files that meet the proper criteria to appropriate law firm.
* Researches and analyzes law sources by identifying applicable statutes, judicial decisions, and codes.
* Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
* Performs other duties or projects as needed.
Legal Compliance, Research Skills, Analyzing Information, Dealing with Complexity, Administrative Writing Skills, Reporting Skills, Telephone Skills, Multi-tasking, Production Orientation, Organization, Legal Administration Skills, Client Relationships, Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
