Paralegal

We are seeking Paralegal Interns to become a part of our team! This candidate should be organized, professional, responsible, capable of working with limited supervision, and committed to helping us meet all our clients' needs. This person must be a team player with a friendly attitude, self-motivated, and able to keep up at a fast pace. Personal Injury Paralegal experience preferred.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Maintains and organizes client files
• Request and maintain medical affidavits
• Request, confirm, and maintain medical records
• Drafts, prepares, reviews, and edits appropriate legal documents
• Draft correspondence to opposing counsel and to the court, as well as file documents with the courts
• Maintain complex filing system; E-filing and hard filing of documents
• Other duties as assigned

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Preferred: Filevine Experience
• Bilingual in English & Spanish
• Knowledge of general office practices;
• Skilled in handling multiple tasks, prioritizing, and meeting deadlines;
• Skilled in effective oral and written communication;
• Skilled in exercising sound judgment and effective decision-making;
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Notes:

• Paid position - Starting at $18/hr

We are a personal injury firm built on our dedication to our clients. Our clients are our passion and purpose, and we are devoted to helping them recover from their injuries and dedicated to obtaining the best possible result for their cases. We are a diverse team of attorneys, paralegals, and legal assistants from all areas of life. We view everyone at our firm as a family; this led to creating a benefits package covering the employee and their family. Philosophy: Our managers share a common goal and philosophy in training, development, and growth. We are very hands-on in training our attorneys and staff and will ensure they are on a path to succeed at our firm. We have ongoing internal CLEs with Q & As. We strive to provide the best service for our clients, so we want to develop our attorneys to reach their full potential and be proud to be a part of Sandoval & James, PLLC. Culture: The managers, including firm partners, have an open door policy to meet with anyone at the firm. While we work at a fast pace and are always trying to get better and strive for perfection, the firm culture remains light and laidback. We want everyone to enjoy coming to work since it's a second home.