Description:
Albuquerque Personal Injury Lawyers seeks a talented, ambitious Junior Attorney to join our growing team!Results / Outcomes (What you must get done.)
- Attend weekly firm wide huddle every Monday morning at 8:00
- Attend daily team mini huddle Tuesday through Friday at 8:00 am
- Attend weekly Friday calendar meeting at 8:00 am
- Meet with Lead attorney weekly to go over metrics/kpis
- Settle 95% of all cases within the evaluation amount.
- Move cases from Pre-Litigation to Litigation stage within 90 days of negotiation, if case has not settled.
- Ensure we can take our full fee on 95% of all cases (meaning we don't have to reduce our fee because there is not enough money to pay all providers, subrogation claims, liens, and client).
- Maintain a Good Call Conversion Rate of 95% or higher (signing wanted cases)
- Achieve 95% positive reviews.
Duties / Responsibilities
General:
- Timely review, edit, and approved all correspondence drafted by CM/Paras.
- Be available 8 hours per day, if not out of office at meetings, hearings, depos or trial.
- Show consistent growth in the complexity and value of cases you are settling.
Intakes
- Meet with clients to evaluate case for representation
- Take all facts pertinent to liability, damages, coverage
- Show compassion
- Posture case by articulating client and office action items
- Explain representation agreement and have sign
Investigation
- Evaluate needed investigation
- Communicate with paralegal about what investigation tasks need to be completed
- Determine if UM/UIM applies
- Posture the case for trial or negotiations
Negotiation
- Meet with clients to evaluate and get authorization to negotiate
- Meet with Lead or Full Value Committee to set firm evaluation amount
- Negotiate with adjusters and keep client informed
- Prepare case for mediation
- Speak with adjusters, build and maintain negotiation relationships, aggressively negotiate and/or posture cases with adjusters where appropriate.
- Make determination about filing suit or further negotiations
- If filing suit, prepare client for litigation process
Litigation:
- Draft pleadings and discovery for lawsuits
- Compose discovery responses
- Compose discovery requests
- Prepare case for trial, arbitration, and/or mediation