Medical Malpractice Paralegal

Overview:

We are currently seeking an experienced Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Paralegal to join our fast-paced, successful team in our Long Island office. This exciting role offers growth, independence and learning opportunities for a motivated self-starter with plaintiff’s litigation experience seeking a fulfilling and dynamic paralegal career.

Schedule:
M-F In Office
9am – 5pm

Qualifications:

• Paralegal Certificate or similar Certification/Degree
• 5+ years of plaintiff’s medical malpractice litigation experience in all NY Court Systems, including knowledge of Medical Malpractice specific Procedures and Requirements
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to draft professional letters, and emails
• Ability to integrate into a fast-paced environment, comfortable with tracking, prioritizing, and managing a case load of approximately 20-25 cases at a time.
• Comfortable with computers, scanning, PDFs. DropBox, Legal Case Management systems a plus

Must:

• Familiar with each part of a Medical Malpractice case from start to finish
• Ability to electronically file and pull documents from NYSCEF
• Drafting all pleading, Summons and Complaints (and coordinating the Service), Notice of Medical Malpractice, Bills of Particulars, Verified Claims, Notice of Intention, etc.
• All aspects of Discovery & Litigation, Responding to Demands, Providing Medical Records, and appropriate HIPAA compliant authorizations, Drafting and serving Demands on multiple defendants
• Subpoenas, Expert Disclosures
• Must be comfortable working with cases involving multiple defendants
• All aspects of Medical Record requests with numerous providers and procedures

Bonus if experience includes:

• Trial Preparation
• Expert coordination
• Process Server coordination
• Judicial Subpoenas
• Motion drafting
• Reviewing medical records
• Experience with legal case management systems
• Familiarity with Surrogate’s Court for cases involving a deceased client.
• Wrongful Death Compromise and/or Infant Compromise