Personal Injury Litigation Paralegal- REMOTE/WFH

Join a Team That's Fighting for New Mexico (Remote position)

Parnall Law Firm is looking for an experienced Litigation Paralegal to join their team remotely. As a Litigation Paralegal at Parnall Law, you'll be an essential force behind their attorneys , helping move cases forward with precision, compassion, and purpose.

What You'll Love Working Here

• $58,260–$74,900/year
• $10,000 sign on bonus (paid incrementally)
• Full benefits package , comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Life & long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Generous PTO + paid holidays
• Annual company goal trip

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of personal injury litigation paralegal experience , active litigation stage experience required
• Strong working knowledge of state, local, and federal court rules
• Experience with e-filing, legal documentation, and litigation management software
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Highly organized with strong time-management instincts
• Genuine empathy for injured clients and a client-first mindset

What You'll Do

• Attend weekly firm-wide huddle every Monday morning at 8:00
• Attend daily team mini huddle Tuesday through Thursday at 8:00 am
• Attend weekly calendar meetings on Fridays at 8:00 am
• Have status comments entered before weekly meeting of Operations Manager and Leads
• Attend biweekly meeting with Team Lead to go over individual metrics and goals
• Draft and file complaints within 30 days of case being transferred to LIT 00
• Send out service of process within 15 days of filing complaint
• Accomplish service of process within 30 days of sending out service
• Ensure that a scheduling conference has been requested within 30 days of all defendants filing an answer to the complaint
• Ensure that scheduling hearings are set within two months of the request
• Calendar all scheduling order items within 5 days of receipt of the scheduling order
• Schedule mediations within 60 days of moving a case to LDD (Litigation, Discovery, Depositions)
• Providing telephonic client updates every 6 weeks and having 10 or less outstanding updates at any given time
• Ensure overdue tasks never exceed 50

Duties / Responsibilities

• Attend Transition to Litigation meetings with client and Case Manager
• Speak to adjusters, defense attorneys, others involved in litigation
• Update client with copies of relevant file materials
• Work with legal assistant to e-file and e-serve court pleadings
• Be familiar with state, local and federal rules for every jurisdiction in we practice in
• Post all costs including expected costs that we have not been invoiced for (mediation, depositions, expert fees, etc.)
• Draft and serve subpoenas
• Compose discovery requests, answers / responses
• Creating and maintaining a discovery index identifying production of all parties, by bates stamp numbers
• Review defendant discovery responses/Defendant deposition transcripts for follow up discovery
• Update case analysis within one week of receiving Defendant's discovery answers with Defendant's policy limits
• Set Depositions (Request witness fee, if necessary)
• Create motion/mediation and arbitration/exhibit binders
• Be up-to-date with each case and work with case managers/ legal assistants to complete the background check/asset check on all Defendants and background check on clients
• Complete all attorney assignments in a timely manner
• Draft correspondence, pleadings, discovery for attorneys, save/name all documents in SmartAdvocate in accordance with Naming Protocol
• Calendar all case information pursuant to the calendaring protocol
• Perform backup intake calls in accordance with intake protocol
• Work with all staff assigned to your cases to move the case to a desired conclusion
• Posting all case information, case dates, and litigation information, in SmartAdvocate
• Prepare for trial (schedule witness statements, exhibits, UJIs, etc.)
• Attend trial
• Follow and maintain all firm policies and procedures
• Proportionately contribute to overall client satisfaction and firm revenue goals