Legal Assistant/Paralegal
Company: Newlands & Clark
Location: Sarasota
Posted on: May 24, 2023
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Job Description:
*Job Description: *Newlands & Clark seeks a legal
assistant/paralegal eager to grow, learn, and take on
responsibility. We are a small, elite personal injury firm
committed to innovation, excellence, and client satisfaction.
Because we're small, you have the opportunity to participate in
varied cases and activities, create and nurture relationships with
clients, and collaborate with the lawyers in evaluating potential
cases and driving outcomes.
You will be handling cases in both pre-litigation and litigation,
though your primary responsibilities will be in litigation cases up
to and including trials. You will need to be highly organized, able
to prioritize among many, many tasks, and you must be an excellent
communicator (both within your team and with our clients, opposing
lawyers, and court personnel).
Your responsibilities will also include helping clients (and us)
gather materials we need to evaluate and ultimately win their
cases, such as relevant documents, medical records, photos,
insurance information, names and contact information for witnesses,
etc. You will have frequent communication with our clients as part
of your role. Our clients are all either seriously injured or have
had a loved one die. If relating to people like that doesn't sound
like something you want to do (it's not for everyone), you can stop
reading here. This isn't the job for you.
You'll also be responsible for working with third parties to gather
additional information to help us evaluate the client's case,
including making public records requests, direct-to-provider
medical records requests, third-party document and multimedia
requests, etc. You will be responsible for following up on all
these varied requests and making sure we receive the materials we
need. Finally, you will be responsible for saving all the
information we receive in our system and making sure our electronic
file system remains complete, organized, and updated. These
responsibilities are the foundation of all the work we do.
Information is power. The more we have, the better results we can
get for the clients who trust us with their cases.
Over time, this position provides room for growth and flexibility.
You'll be allowed to take on new and different responsibilities if
you show aptitude. As you transition into additional
responsibility, your compensation structure and future
opportunities to change as well.
We're looking for somebody who likes to take on new challenges and
will go the extra mile to find the best way to make something
happen. We're looking for somebody who wants to grow in the legal
field and be a part of our team long-term. We're looking for
somebody who has an eye for detail (from reviewing medical records
to catching our typos in legal documents). We're looking for
somebody proficient in Word, and at least able and willing to learn
Adobe Acrobat and Excel. We also want somebody who is an expert at
internet and social media stalking. Seriously.
So that's what we want. Here's what we don't want. We don't want
somebody who just blindly follows instructions. We don't want
somebody who is satisfied doing things because "that's the way
we've always done it." We don't want somebody who is satisfied by
doing the bare minimum. And we don't want somebody that's going to
be afraid to offer ideas or suggestions. The timid need not apply.
But if you've read this far and think you can add value to our
firm, send us your resume and a cover letter. In your cover letter,
please explain what makes you a good fit in this position, where
you see yourself in five years, and please put a random number 1 in
your cover letter somewhere that appears to the uninitiated to be a
typo (so we know you actually read all of this). We look forward to
meeting you and talking about how you fit in with what we're
doing.
A final note about the work - _our work_ is high-pressure. _We_ are
not. But we rely on our legal assistants and paralegals for some of
the most important responsibilities in our law firm. And it is very
important to us that the work is done with excellence. But we also
take very seriously our obligation to reward excellence. The
successful applicant for this position will be treated as though
their work is the backbone of what this law firm does. Because it
is. To demonstrate that, we offer unprecedented flexibility,
autonomy, and opportunity if you excel at what you do. We're in no
hurry to hire; but will hire very quickly once we find the right
person.
*Compensation: *This position starts at $15.00 per hour during a
90-day probation period. After your first 90 days, we either part
ways or we bump you to a salaried position _*plus*_ an annual
bonus. Benefits are available after 90 days.
*Schedule: *Full-Time (make your own hours)
*Location:* Fully virtual (must live no more than one hour from
Sarasota and/or Tampa)
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $15.00 per hour
Benefits:
* 401(k)
* 401(k) matching
* Dental insurance
* Disability insurance
* Flexible schedule
* Health insurance
* Opportunities for advancement
* Paid sick time
* Paid time off
* Profit sharing
* Vision insurance
* Work from home
Schedule:
* Monday to Friday
Work Location: Remote
Keywords: Newlands & Clark, Sarasota , Legal Assistant/Paralegal, Legal , Sarasota, Florida
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