Pre-Litigation Personal Injury Paralegal

Reports to: Vice-President of Legal Operations

Payroll Status: Full-Time

Location: McKinney, TX

Works in a high-level and rapidly growing plaintiffs' personal injury firm with a heavy emphasis on strategizing with attorneys, coordinating with treating physicians, clients and insurance adjusters, paying attention to details and treating each case uniquely to develop necessary evidence to maximum claim value for the client.

Essential Qualities, Duties and Responsibilities:

• Possesses excellent communication skills.
• Bilingual (English & Spanish) is preferred.
• 4 years of personal injury law experience required.
• Handles new client intakes and questions.
• Sets up injury claims and subrogation claims.
• Assists clients with property damage questions and claims.
• Assists with managing clients' medical appointments and communicates directly with providers.
• Helps explain process to clients and answer ongoing questions.
• Develops case strategy with attorneys & manages client throughout the claim.
• Assists clients throughout medical treatment process.
• Obtains medical records, bills and other evidence (i.e. affidavits and lost wages).
• Creates medical treatment summaries.
• Obtains reductions of medical bills.
• Prepares demand packages.
• Prepares case for closing.
• Creates client closing statement.
• Self-starter with a desire to be integral part of a growing, very successful team.
• Working knowledge of e-mail, Outlook, Share Point and Filevine.
• Must be highly organized, detail oriented, ability to multitask, and work well with team.
• Possesses high level oral and written communications skills.
• Proactive, can-do Attitude.

Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Generous 401K with firm matching component and discretionary profit sharing
• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Blanket Life Insurance Policy Offered
• 128 hours Paid Time Off policy (3 weeks, 1 day)
• Firm paid holidays (typically 8)
• Living in or near McKinney is a plus

Please submit your resume in PDF format via admin@mytexasfirm.com. Do not call our office.

This job description does not imply, nor does it create, any type of employment contract between the employee and employer. Rather, this job description is a general summary of common tasks, duties and responsibilities that comprise the means of accomplishing this job's purpose and objectives. All employees of the company are employed at will, are expected to be able to change productivity, and to handle other tasks or perform job duties as assigned by management. This job description may be updated at any time at the sole discretion of the company.

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