Senior Legal Assistant

Sr Legal Assistant - LU10BN

We're determined to make a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes well beyond coverages and policies. Working here means having every opportunity to achieve your goals - and to help others accomplish theirs, too. Join our team as we help shape the future.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Legal Assistant to provide full litigation support to two Tort Attorneys. The ideal candidate will join a high-volume, paperless environment that is both dynamic and rewarding. The selected Senior Legal Assistant will provide support to 2 Tort Attorneys who handle first and third-party auto and general liability cases in Michigan and Ohio. We are willing to train the selected individual in supporting an Ohio attorney. Additional key responsibilities include:

• Timely preparing correspondence, briefs, motions, pleadings, discovery, deposition and IME notices; processing e-filings; and ordering medical records.
• Accurately maintaining attorney calendars based on court notifications.
• Extensive scheduling of depositions, mediations, facilitations and IMEs, as well as calendaring these activities.
• Reviewing mail, preparing correspondence, processing invoices for payment, maintaining data in company systems, and maintaining and operating within our electronic legal files.
• Managing and manipulating electronic documents in Word, TIF, PDF and JPG formats.
• Processing mail, duplicating CDs, compiling PDFs, and converting files.
• Assisting in trial preparation.
• Exhibiting professionalism during each interaction with clients, opposing counsel, home office staff, attorneys, teammates, claim partners and court employees.
• Assisting in overall support of the office as needed.

• Minimum of 7 years' experience as an assistant in a law office or corporate law department.
• Insurance defense background required.
• Personal injury experience required.
• Trial support experience is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects and use time management skills and independent judgment in a high-volume environment.
• Ability to work on strict and short deadlines.
• Comfortable setting priorities and managing shifting priorities.
• Demonstrated efficiency, productivity, and attention to detail.
• Proven team player.
• Ability to work with confidential/sensitive information in a secure fashion.
• Maturity and professionalism in all written and verbal communications with clients and peers.
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite: Outlook, Word, and Excel.