Zurich North America's Staff Legal Office is currently hiring a Paralegal to join their team! Under the supervision of an attorney, the successful candidate's work will be in support of moderate to complex liability litigation cases (e.g. case work, research, discovery responses, subpoenas, etc.).
This is a remote work position for a strong candidate with a background in Workers Compensation experience in California, or our Gold River, CA office where employees are required to be onsite one day per week.
In this role you will be responsible for:
- Providing legal support two attorneys
- Drafting legal pleadings, correspondence, and other documents as directed
- Providing legal support such as legal and documentary research
- Monitoring and adhering to case schedules and filing deadlines
- Conducting interviews, summarizing depositions, reviewing discovery responses and medical records
- Preparing discovery requests and responses
- Subpoenaing, collecting and organizing records from non-parties
- Scheduling Surveillance, Compulsory Medical Exams, and Site Inspections
- Assisting in trial preparation
- Responding to inquiries from and interacting with customers, clients, counsel, and witnesses
- Keeping track of billable hours.
- Organizing and maintaining case files and documentation, electronically
- Contributing to the team effort by accomplishing related results and participating on projects as needed
- Collaborating with attorneys, staff, claims professionals and leadership to accomplish successful business and litigation outcomes.
Basic Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or Equivalent and 4 or more years of experience in the Legal Support area
OR - Associate Degree and 2 or more years of experience in the Legal Support area
AND - Experience conducting electronic database research
- Experience drafting legal documents, correspondence, and/or pleadings
- Experience in legal support
- Experience with Microsoft Office
Additional requirement for California only:
Paralegals must meet one of the following requirements:
- Have a paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program
OR - Have a certificate from an accredited paralegal program with at least 24 semester units of law-related courses
OR - Have a bachelor's degree or higher and one year of law-related experience under the supervision of a California-licensed attorney who has been practicing for the past three years (or an attorney who's practiced in California federal courts for the past three years).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or Paralegal Certificate
- Defense experience
- Insurance industry experience
- Ability to effectively conduct electronic database research, including Lexus Nexis
- Comfortable working in a paperless work environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to effectively draft legal documents, correspondence, and/or pleadings
- Strong Microsoft Office and technical skills
- Familiarity with litigation management software systems
- Trial experience, including preparing trial exhibits and witnesses
- Experiencing filing with the California Courts E-filing system.
- Familiarity with California Rules of Civil Procedure and local Rules
- Experience navigating Clerk, Court and Judicial websites
Your pay at Zurich is based on your role, location, skills, and experience. We follow local laws to ensure fair compensation. You may also be eligible for bonuses and merit increases. If your expectations are above the listed range, we still encourage you to apply-your unique background matters to us. The pay range shown is a national average and may vary by location. The proposed hourly rate for this position is $34.86 - $45.67, with short-term incentive bonus eligibility set at 5%.
We offer competitive pay and comprehensive benefits for employees and their families. [Learn more about Total Rewards here.]
Location(s): AM - California Virtual Office
Remote Working: Yes
Schedule: Full Time
Employment Sponsorship Offered: No
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