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Parnall Law

Represents injured people in New Mexico

Personal Injury Litigation Paralegal

Legal Counsel & Legal SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSan Antonio, TX, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of personal injury litigation paralegal experience, including active litigation-stage experience; pre-litigation experience alone is not accepted.
  • Strong working knowledge of state, local, and federal court rules.
  • Experience with e-filing, legal documentation, and litigation management software.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong organizational and time-management abilities.
  • Empathy for injured clients and a client-first approach.
  • Professional demeanor and confidence in exceeding expectations.
  • Ability to mentor and motivate teammates.
  • Willingness to travel if a case proceeds to trial.
  • Ability to work during Mountain Time business hours: Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., and Friday, 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
  • Ability to pass a background check.
  • Applicants must submit a resume showing complete work history since graduation, including employer names and dates for each role; partial work histories may delay candidacy.

Responsibilities

  • Attend the weekly firm-wide Monday morning huddle, daily team mini-huddles Tuesday through Thursday, weekly Friday calendar meetings, and biweekly meetings with the Team Lead to review individual metrics and goals.
  • Enter status comments before the weekly meeting of the Operations Manager and Leads.
  • Draft and file complaints within 30 days after a case is transferred to litigation.
  • Send service of process within 15 days of filing a complaint and accomplish service within 30 days of sending it.
  • Ensure a scheduling conference is requested within 30 days after all defendants answer the complaint, unless the case is valued above $100,000 and the attorney has chosen not to request one yet.
  • Ensure scheduling hearings are set within two months of the request.
  • Calendar all scheduling-order items within five days of receiving the scheduling order.
  • Schedule mediations within 60 days of moving a case to Litigation, Discovery, Depositions.
  • Provide telephonic client updates every six weeks and keep outstanding updates at 10 or fewer.
  • Keep overdue tasks at 50 or fewer.
  • Attend transition-to-litigation meetings with clients and Case Managers.
  • Communicate with adjusters, defense attorneys, and others involved in litigation.
  • Provide clients with copies of relevant file materials.
  • Work with the legal assistant to e-file and e-serve court pleadings.
  • Follow applicable state, local, and federal rules for each jurisdiction in which the firm practices.
  • Post all costs, including expected costs not yet invoiced, such as mediation, depositions, and expert fees.
  • Draft and serve subpoenas.
  • Compose discovery requests and answers or responses.
  • Create and maintain a discovery index identifying all parties’ productions by Bates stamp numbers.
  • Review defendants’ discovery responses and deposition transcripts to identify follow-up discovery.
  • Update case analysis within one week of receiving defendants’ discovery answers, including defendants’ policy limits.
  • Schedule depositions and request witness fees when necessary.
  • Create motion, mediation, arbitration, and exhibit binders.
  • Stay current on each case and work with case managers and legal assistants to complete background and asset checks on defendants and background checks on clients.
  • Complete attorney assignments in a timely manner.
  • Draft correspondence, pleadings, and discovery for attorneys, and save and name documents in SmartAdvocate according to the naming protocol.
  • Calendar all case information according to the calendaring protocol.
  • Perform backup intake calls according to the intake protocol.
  • Work with staff assigned to cases to move each case toward its desired conclusion.
  • Post case information, case dates, and litigation information in SmartAdvocate.
  • Prepare for trial, including scheduling witness statements and organizing exhibits and UJIs.
  • Attend trial.
  • Follow and maintain firm policies and procedures.
  • Contribute proportionately to client satisfaction and firm revenue goals.

Desired Qualifications

  • A track record of long-term success and growth in previous roles is a strong plus.

About the Company

Parnall Law

Represents injured people in New Mexico

Parnall Law represents people across New Mexico who have been injured by negligence, recklessness or criminal conduct. Its personal injury practice covers road crashes, unsafe property and wrongful death, pursuing compensation for medical bills, lost income and other losses. The firm investigates claims, deals with insurers and takes cases through settlement negotiations or trial, with offices in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Rio Rancho and Roswell. It earns legal fees as a percentage of the money recovered for clients through insurance settlements or jury awards, rather than charging for legal work by the hour. Founded in 2009, Parnall Law is headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Albuquerque, NM
Founded
2009

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