House Counsel Paralegal

at  Chubb

PARALEGAL

Chubb’s White Plains House Counsel firm Varvaro, Cotter, Bender & Walthall seeks a Paralegal.
Chubb is the world’s largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company. House Counsel provides high quality legal representation to Chubb’s insureds in cases before federal, state, and local courts and administrative agencies. Chubb House Counsel serves its insured clients in 9 states and Canada. Varvaro, Cotter, Bender & Walthall is Chubb’s House Counsel firm in White Plains, New York. House Counsel handles a wide variety of cases in several fields ranging from routine to complex and high exposure matters. House Counsel offers a dynamic and challenging professional environment to the successful applicant. The successful candidate will work closely with attorneys to provide first class legal representation.
The position is a 3/2 position requiring working in the office 3 days per week.
Job Description :

The Paralegal’s duties include the following:

• Assisting attorneys to prepare for trial
• Assisting attorneys to prepare records on appeal
• Communicating with clients, claims representatives, opposing counsel, experts, vendors, and the courts in a professional and timely manner
• Preparing discovery demands and responses
• Gathering and organizing medical records and discovery documents

• Setting up independent medical examinationsAssisting attorneys in preparing motions, pleadings, and subpoenas

• Qualifications :

The successful candidate must have five years litigation experience as a paralegal/legal assistant and a solid working knowledge of New York personal injury litigation. The successful candidate must also possess the following qualities:

• Strong communication skills
• Strong computer skills and able to work on multiple e-mail, Word, and case management platforms

• Strong organizational and time management skillsAble to work independently and effectively with others as a team

• Chubb offers a competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits package including life, health and dental, vision, a generous retirement savings plan, disability coverage, stock purchase plan, flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement, and business casual dress. At Chubb, we are committed to equal employment opportunity and compliance with all laws and regulations pertaining to it. Our policy is to provide employment, training, compensation, promotion, and other conditions or opportunities of employment, without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, transgender, national origin, disability, genetic information, veteran or marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
  The pay range for the role is $ 59,000 to $ 93,500. The specific offer will depend on an applicant’s skills and other factors. This role may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program. Chubb offers a comprehensive benefits package, more details on which can be found at https://careers.chubb.com/global/en/north-america . The disclosed pay range estimate may be adjusted for the applicable geographic differential for the location in which the position is filled.
  Chubb is a world leader in insurance. With operations in 54 countries, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance, and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. The company is distinguished by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength, underwriting excellence, superior claims handling expertise and local operations globally.
  At Chubb, we are committed to equal employment opportunity and compliance with all laws and regulations pertaining to it. Our policy is to provide employment, training, compensation, promotion, and other conditions or opportunities of employment, without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, mental and physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, age, and pregnancy or any other characteristic protected by law. Performance and qualifications are the only basis upon which we hire, assign, promote, compensate, develop and retain employees. Chubb prohibits all unlawful discrimination, harassment and retaliation against any individual who reports discrimination or harassment

• Assisting attorneys to prepare for trial
• Assisting attorneys to prepare records on appeal
• Communicating with clients, claims representatives, opposing counsel, experts, vendors, and the courts in a professional and timely manner
• Preparing discovery demands and responses
• Gathering and organizing medical records and discovery documents
• Setting up independent medical examinationsAssisting attorneys in preparing motions, pleadings, and subpoena