Well respected Insurance Defense Firm located in Boca Raton, Florida with a reputation for being committed to client success is currently seeking Legal Secretary/Paralegal with first party property experience. This Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated firm offers comprehensive insurance defense, insurance litigation, and insurance bad faith representation. This is a full time position with remote, hybrid or in-office options, however, candidates must live in the South Florida area.

Ideal candidates must be excellent typists, reliable, detail-oriented and able to multi-task. The position requires strong interpersonal, administrative and organizational skills; proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and e-filing/e-service; and experience assisting attorneys with records subpoena, drafting pleadings, discovery, preparation for and scheduling of depositions, hearings, and trial. Knowledge of Clio or a comparable case management software would be helpful.

Qualifications:

• Must have 3+ years of legal assistant/paralegal experience in the field of Insurance Defense, 1st Party litigation experience is preferred.
• Must live in the South Florida area.
• Must be proficient in the coordination of hearings, mediations and depositions; preparation and filing of basic court documents such as notices of hearing & subpoenas for depositions.
• Must be proficient in Tri-County area Judge’s procedures for scheduling of hearings and trials
• Must be proficient in procedures for submission of proposed orders to Judges

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Maintaining attorney calendars, coordinating court events, mediations and depositions with opposing counsel corporate representatives and clients
• preparing and filing of Notices of Hearing, Notices of Cancellation, Subpoenas for deposition and other form documents
• coordinating deposition/mediation prep conference with the file attorney and the client
• communicating with process servers to ensure service of subpoenas
• communicating with Court Reporters to ensure coverage at depositions and other court events.