Personal Injury Litigation Legal Assistant - 20085

• Draft and respond to written discovery: Interrogatories, Requests for Production (RFPs), and Requests for Admission (RFAs)
• Prepare discovery responses and supplemental discovery responses
• Track discovery deadlines and maintain document repositories
• Prepare subpoenas, affidavits, and supporting litigation documents

• Prepare deposition materials and draft deposition summaries
• Support mediation preparation and assemble supporting documentation
• Assist attorneys with trial preparation, exhibits, witness files, and trial binders

• Request, obtain, organize, and review medical records and medical bills
• Prepare medical chronologies and treatment summaries
• Support case valuation, liability analysis, and damages analysis

• Draft and assemble demand packages
• Support demand and settlement negotiations
• Coordinate communications with insurance carriers and adjusters
• Prepare settlement documentation and case-closing materials

• Prepare Letters of Representation (LOR/LOA) and Letters of Protection (LOPs)
• Handle records requests and coordinate with healthcare providers
• Support cases transitioning from pre-litigation into active litigation

• Serve as a point of contact for clients, providing updates and explaining next steps
• Maintain complete, organized case files within the firm's case management system
• Track critical dates: statutes of limitation, hearings, depositions, mediations, and trial dates

• 2+ years supporting U.S. personal injury law firms as a Legal Assistant, Litigation Assistant, or Paralegal
• Direct, hands-on experience in U.S. personal injury litigation (not intake-only)
• Demonstrated experience with written discovery: interrogatories, RFPs, RFAs, and discovery responses
• Experience preparing demand packages and reviewing medical records and medical bills
• Experience supporting deposition, mediation, and/or trial preparation
• Some pre-litigation experience (LORs/LOPs, records requests, demand prep)
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
• Strong organization and the ability to manage multiple active litigation files with minimal supervision
• High attention to detail and disciplined deadline management

• Plaintiff-side personal injury experience
• Experience with deposition summaries, chronology preparation, and liability and damages analysis
• Familiarity with case valuation support and supplemental discovery responses
• Experience with subpoenas, affidavits, and court filing procedures
• Knowledge of Filevine, SmartAdvocate, Litify, Clio, PINS, or similar legal software
• Bilingual English/Spanish

You are litigation-fluent and comfortable working active personal injury cases through discovery, deposition, mediation, and trial. You know how a demand package comes together, you can summarize a deposition or build a medical chronology without hand-holding, and you understand how pre-litigation work feeds the litigation process.

You are highly organized, proactive, and protective of deadlines. You take ownership of your work, flag issues before they become problems, and give trial attorneys real capacity rather than another task to manage