Description:
Want to make a difference in the lives of those who have been injured? Enjoy interacting with clients? Come join our team at A Personal Injury & Workers Compensation Lawyer and help us represent our clients with excellence and compassion. We have proudly served Nevada for over 50 years and will continue to serve our community for many years to come.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensuring case management software (CMS) feed is cleared daily.
- Ensuring completion of all assigned tasks by relevant due dates.
- Ensuring emails are cleared daily.
- Ensuring proper documentation of cases in CMS.
- Stepping in to monitor and manage the progress of assigned cases when primary attorneys are unavailable.
- Assisting in establishing, reviewing, and updating case plans as necessary, particularly when covering for absent attorneys.
- Conducting weekly meetings with assigned Claim Specialists to ensure regular case review and providing coverage for primary attorneys as necessary.
- Conducting weekly meetings with Litigation Specialists to prepare for pending hearings when primary attorneys are unavailable.
- Completing Initial 72-hour Contacts with new clients as needed during periods of attorney absence.
- Completing Semi-Annual Meaningful Client Contact (QMCC) in place of primary attorneys when required.
- Identifying and addressing issues that arise in assigned cases during attorney absences.
- Monitoring and managing communication and correspondence with relevant parties, such as insurance adjusters and medical providers, while covering for primary attorneys.
- Overseeing and directing routine communication and correspondence in the absence of primary attorneys.
- Drafting all non-routine correspondence during periods of attorney absence.
- Reviewing actual and de facto determinations to ensure case goals and objectives are met when providing coverage for primary attorneys.
- Directing and ensuring the timely appeal of all issues where appropriate while covering for primary attorneys.
- Monitoring and managing the litigation process of assigned cases during attorney absences.
- Establishing, reviewing, and updating litigation plans as necessary when filling in for primary attorneys.
- Determining and directing legal arguments and evidence to be presented in litigation during periods of attorney absence.
- Overseeing and ensuring client communication on all relevant issues in litigation while providing coverage for primary attorneys.
- Attending hearings and making legal arguments to advocate for assigned clients when filling in for primary attorneys.
- Participating in administrative staff meetings and leadership team meetings.
- Performing other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Graduate of an accredited institution by the American Bar Association with a Juris Doctor degree and a specialization in law or any related field
- Licensed to practice law in the State of Nevada and in good standing with the Nevada State Bar
- A valid Nevada driver's license, valid driver's insurance, and proof of driving record
