Legal Assistant (Primary Home)

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Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographic work location. Relocation support is offered for eligible candidates.

Primary Accountabilities

• Performs research and prepares background information as requested.
• Receives and responds to all types of inquiries and relays messages.
• Completes task independently.
• Manages calendars, including court and other file-related appearances, appointments, internal and external meetings.
• Schedules and coordinates tasks for file handlers and themselves for future file-related activities and monitors the progress of those activities.
• Performs electronic mail handling and distribution functions.
• Screens and responds to incoming mail to relay and clarify information, coordinate file handler activities, and otherwise facilitate file handling.
• Generates various types of legal and claims correspondence.
• Works with file handlers to ensure delivery of documents, and other items to courts, opposing counsel, experts, and others.
• Contacts and schedules opposing counsel, witnesses, experts, court reporters, clients, and others necessary for the coordination of investigation, discovery, depositions, meetings, independent medical examinations, and trials.
• Performs data entry, collection of information, and review of initial materials for intake and setup of new matters.
• Performs tasks related to payments and closing files.
• Participates in projects and committees.
• Leverages knowledge of electronic legal database and claim management system to support file handler.
• Assists with training of unit employees.
• Administers specific divisional programs, working with vendors as needed and conducts special project work as assigned.
• Coordinates collection of claim information to respond to inquiries from other divisions.
• Responsible for maintaining and updating procedural documents and divisional contact information within systems for the division.
• Organizing, coordinating, and performing claim administrative workflow and processing tasks, as well as understanding of the stages of litigation and the various types of legal documents within litigation.
• May be required to complete other assignments or participate in projects based upon skills, achievements, or experience.

Specialized Knowledge, Skills, and Education Requirements

• Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support, or service.
• Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service.
• Demonstrated experience performing legal support duties including interacting with members of the judiciary, opposing and co-counsel, clients, and expert and lay witnesses.
• Demonstrated experience working with confidential documents and situations.
• Demonstrated experience with various PC software applications (e.g. Microsoft Office Suite).
• Demonstrated experience writing and proofreading legal documents for proper grammar and spelling.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of legal procedures, legal terminology, and the judicial system.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of legal ethics rules and the ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.

Travel Requirements

• Up to 10%

Physical Requirements

• Work that primarily involves sitting/standing.

• Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks

• Offer to selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions

• Sponsorship will not be considered for this position unless specified in the posting

We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all of the requirements listed above. Skills can be used in many different ways, and your life and professional experience may be relevant beyond what a list of requirements will capture. We encourage those who are passionate about what we do to apply!

We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health. We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays and a paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees). In addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their families. Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining to non-discrimination, non-harassment and equal opportunity. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.