Workers' Compensation Paralegal

MCANANY VAN CLEAVE & PHILLIPS PA•Kansas City, KS

About The Position

Our Paralegals assist our worker's compensation attorneys with managing billable work, scheduling, file coordination, opening and/or closing files, summarizing documents for review and daily organizational needs relative to our cases in order to allow our attorneys to use their billable time effectively. Our Paralegals operate at a high degree of technical proficiency, have a passion for organization and efficiency and are solution-oriented. Candidates should work well both independently and within a team to assist our attorneys in managing the billable work of the firm.

Requirements

2- or 4-year degree and a minimum of 2 years of recent experience in a paralegal role
Superb communication/customer service skills - both written and verbal
Microsoft Office proficiency
Organized
Ability to juggle multiple high priority tasks at a time
Excellent time management skills

Nice To Haves

prior experience in the workers compensation practice area is preferred

Responsibilities

Responsible for all billable tasks: medical records, discovery, etc.
Drafts various legal documents for attorney review
Requests, follows-up on, and organizes medical record files
E-File documents within appropriate court filing systems (Kansas City)
Manages and organizes case files
Researches and analyzes case data
Drafts discovery
Communicates with outside counsel, physicians, court personnel and other experts
Bills time contemporaneously
Assists attorneys with case-related requests
Responds to record and legal documentation requests
Answers phone calls, takes messages or transfers calls to appropriate parties
Works with highly confidential information and always maintains utmost confidentiality
Acts in a stewardship capacity for MVP, works as a genuine, confident, functional member of the team, is hardworking with the ability to be innovative and firm focused in alignment with our core values
Other duties as assigned