# Litigation Paralegal

**Company**: Morgan & Morgan
**Location**: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Legal

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## Description

At Morgan & Morgan, the work we do matters. We're a leading personal injury law firm dedicated to protecting people's rights against insurance companies, large corporations, and defective goods.

This role will work closely with a lead attorney on medical malpractice litigation. Successful candidates will be responsible for areas including:

- Drafting, preparing, and e-filing legal documents, including pleadings, motions, complaints, affidavits, memoranda, summons, and appellate documents in state and federal court

- Conducting legal research and factual investigation, including applicable state-specific medical malpractice statutes, pre-suit notice requirements, and statutes of limitation; tracking all key case deadlines

- Requesting, organizing, and summarizing medical records; preparing medical chronologies and identifying potential standard-of-care issues for attorney review

- Preparing and responding to discovery documents, including interrogatories; maintaining pleadings, discovery, and exhibit indexes

- Coordinating depositions, summarizing transcripts, and assisting with witness preparation

- Supporting medical expert coordination and communication

- Preparing trial binders, exhibits, and appendices with the legal assistant

- Liaising between trial teams and internal and external third parties, including clients, courts, opposing counsel, medical providers, and records vendors

- Assisting with case settlements and other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

- At least 1 year of experience in a legal setting , litigation, personal injury, or medical malpractice experience a plus

- Familiarity with medical terminology and medical records review a plus

- Strong written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail

- Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage a demanding workload with a positive attitude

- Willingness to learn and work within the procedural and filing requirements of applicable state courts

- Associate's degree, paralegal certificate, or equivalent work experience preferred but not required

This role is on-site, which gives you the chance to be fully immersed in the work and gain direct experience alongside the team.

Benefits:

- Medical and dental insurance

- 401(k) plan

- Paid time off and paid holidays

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## Skills

### Required
- legal research
- factual investigation
- medical terminology
- medical records review
- written and verbal communication

### Nice to have
- litigation
- personal injury
- medical malpractice

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