Senior Paralegal (Claims Review)
Washington, DC (On-Site Role)
Contract
Day to Day Responsibilities:
- Works under the direction of a Supervisory Paralegal or a Project Supervisor.
- Work products are reviewed prior to submission; however, often develops these products with minimal direct supervision other than written guidelines.
- In addition to functions performed by Paralegals, described below, performs moderately complex legal research; synopsizes transcripts of hearings and oral arguments for attorney use; reviews case related materials and, for example, identifies potentially conflicting statements or areas requiring further investigation; writes preliminary drafts of simple legal memoranda and correspondence.
- Contact mostly with other Contractor staff, but occasional contact with trial staff may be required.
- Assists in claim review production reports. Enters the data using established guidelines into spreadsheets, PowerPoint, Word, etc. Provides the information in a concise, usable format.
- Identifies differences over time in production data set reports and highlights individual or overall trends. Submits reports to Supervisory Attorney Advisors ( "Supervisors”).
- Assists Supervisors with data entry projects as assigned.
- Assists Supervisors with the data entry into SharePoint or other tracking systems as needed.
- Assists Supervisors by cross-checking data to ensure report information is accurate.
- Generates pipeline claims reports for Supervisors to help identify gaps and outliers in the report.
- Aggregates reports from other teams and prepares reports for Supervisors as needed.
- Assists Supervisors in claim assignments as needed.
- Assists Supervisors in queue management of claim reviewer queues as needed.
- Assists Supervisors with team-wide calendaring of meetings, training, and discussions.
- Assists Supervisors with preparation of various materials, including but not limited to meetings, presentations, notes, and posting to SharePoint or other collaboration sites.
- Helps track progress of special projects or assignments. Provides report updates to Supervisors.
- Completes other special projects or assignments, as assigned.
Required Skills:
- Claims Review, Reporting, SharePoint, MS Office 365 At least two years of litigation paralegal experience or project experience (as related to the task order) is required; trial experience very helpful.
- At least one year of experience in automated litigation support.
- Requires sound working knowledge of federal and state court system, legal research procedures, and legal research resources.
- Requires excellent written and oral communication skills and thorough knowledge of legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw.
- Must have hands-on familiarity with a variety of computer applications, including word processing, databases (such as document review and file management systems), spreadsheets, imaging, and hardware systems.
- Role also requires hands-on familiarity with Client tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources.
- Ability to consistently deliver highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important.
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