LEGAL ASSISTANT
Hasty Pope is currently seeking a motivated, dedicated and energetic personal injury legal assistant for our Gainesville office. The legal assistant works under the direction of the paralegals and attorneys to provide clerical and administrative support.
Below is a list of the typical responsibilities of a legal assistant. Paralegals and/or attorneys may assign the legal assistant additional duties as needed.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Draft and send new client letters
- Create and maintain client’s physical files
- Draft and send open record requests
- Preform follow-ups with providers on status of medical record requests
- Organize medical records and bills for paralegal to review
- Communicate with providers for balance verifications
- Draft reduction requests and final payment letters
- Establish claims with insurers
- Track postage/copying charges and inputting into case management software
- Mailing checks to providers
Education and Experience Requirements:
- Legal experience preferred
- Two or four year college degree
- Proficient in Microsoft Office programs: Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
- Ability to take direction from multiple staff members
- Confidently and effectively handle multiple assignments at once
- Poised, proactive, and business savvy with creative approach to problem solving; eager to assist wherever needed
- Strong attention to details and urgency is required
Benefits
- 401 (k)
- Dental Insurance
- Health Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Paid time off
PARALEGAL
Hasty Pope is seeking an experienced, motivated, and energetic personal injury litigation paralegal for our Gainesville office. Our Ideal candidate must be capable of handling all aspects of the litigation process from intake through trial preparation.
We are seeking a paralegal with high level critical thinking and problem solving skills. We pride ourselves on taking a proactive approach to our cases. A successful paralegal at our firm is confident, creative, self-motivated, detail oriented, invested in his/her career with highly developed people skills and a go-getter attitude. Attention to detail in writing is required. Must have the ability to support multiple attorneys, manage deadlines and work under pressure. Non-smokers only. Please see below for our expected responsibilities, education, and experience requirements:
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Perform intake screening for potential new clients
- Set up insurance claims, draft initial letters of representation, send open records requests
- Professionally interact with clients, adjusters, physicians' staff, opposing counsel, and court personnel
- Communicate with clients regarding medical treatment, case status, settlement, etc.
- Request medical records and follow-up on requests
- Draft demand letters
- Assist attorneys in negotiating settlement of cases with insurance adjusters
- Schedule doctor meetings, draft medical narratives and future care summaries
- Draft pleadings, discovery, motions, etc.
- Prepare discovery responses
- File pleadings, discovery, motions, etc. (including e-filing)
- Schedule opposing party and doctor depositions
- Trial Preparation
- Prepare settlement distribution agreements, negotiate provider balances, and conduct lien searches
- Manage health insurance subrogation process. Request and analyze health plan documents
Education and Experience Requirements:
- Two or four year college degree, paralegal college program preferred
- Minimum of 5 years personal injury litigation experience. Ability to take direction from multiple staff members
- Proficient in Microsoft Office programs: Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
- Experience with the litigation process
- Case management software experience, preferably Needles
Benefits
- 401 (k)
- Dental Insurance
- Health Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Paid time off
Please email your resume or any questions to our Office Administrator, Carrington Wilkes, at Cwilkes@hastypope.com or Alexis Carter, at acarter@hastypope.com.
We look forward to hearing from you!