Job Category: Legal Support Staff Risquisition Number: HEALT001120 Posted: November 12, 2024 Full-Time Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
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Description
Healthcare Litigation Paralegal
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney is a national law firm with a proven reputation for providing progressive, industry-leading legal, business, regulatory and government relations advice to our regional, national and international clients.
We are currently searching for a Healthcare Litigation Paralegal for our Princeton, NJ office.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Knowledge of all civil procedure and local rules, especially, in New Jersey and Pennsylvania state court and federal court.
Prepare and conform pleadings and discovery, including discovery responses, subpoenas, deposition notices, and objections to discovery.
Prepare discovery meet and confer communications, and track such communications.
Provide litigation support to heavy law and motion practice and electronic court filings.
Prepare for depositions and witness interviews, and prepare deposition summaries.
Monitor case deadlines and attorney coverage.
Organize and manage the case, including expansive document sets and document productions.
Review case records and prepare chronologies, including case chronologies and/or medical chronologies.
Maintain an orderly work flow in your area of responsibility.
Communicate effectively in team meetings, by phone and by email within and across the practice groups, including with lawyers on the east and west coast.
Required Education/Preferred Experience:
Bachelor's degree and paralegal certificate preferred.
At least 3 years’ paralegal experience with commercial litigation and/or healthcare litigation.
Proficiency in understanding and researching federal, New Jersey and Pennsylvania court Rules of Civil Procedure and Court rules.
Substantial document management and e-discovery experience, including use of Relativity and other litigation support applications.
Experience with preparing case chronologies and digests of medical records.
Ability to work independently and inter-dependently in a fast-paced team-oriented environment, take direction well, and fulfill his/her role on the team.
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
Ability to multitask, to be analytical and detail oriented.
Proven work ethic, dependable and reliable.
Good verbal and written communication English language skills.
Ability to work overtime if/when required (regular work hours 37.5 per week).
Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of applications, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Why should you work at Buchanan?
Our Firm offers outstanding benefits that include:
Hybrid work schedules
Generous Paid Time Off
Paid Holidays, including a floating holiday
WorkWell wellness program, including free use of the Calm App
Caregiving assistance with Bright Horizons (child, elder, and pet care!)
Access to our Firm-wide emergency assistance fund
Free full access to LinkedIn Learning
Insurance – Medical, Dental, Vision
401K Program
Retirement Savings Program
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
