Overview:
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., a fast-growing commercial insurance company, has an immediate need for an in-house Workers’ Compensation Legal Assistant who must have experience with New England States (Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Vermont).

Responsibilities:

• Answer inbound main line phone calls and route inquiries to correct team member
• Greet and manage guests and vendors
• Retrieve, scan, and route all incoming mail to proper team and Claims
• Monitor and process office electronic mailbox correspondence
• Ability to flag critical documents requiring timely responses and appearances
• Process outbound USPS/FedEx mail
• Coordinate/schedule meetings, hearings, appointments, and depositions
• Generate draft templates (pleadings, motions, objections, correspondence) for attorney review and approval
• Assemble medical packets to experts along with itemized schedule of records
• Provide Legal Assistant support to 1 or more Attorneys
• Document processing (assemble, copy, scan, serve, E-file accordingly)
• Manage and prioritize competing deadlines
• Communicate with claim partners, clients, witnesses, Court, opposing counsel, vendors, and team members
• Maintain data integrity in our document management platform supporting our paperless environment (documents, parties, roles/relations, naming conventions)
• Timely transmit and request payments to vendors, experts, etc.
• Provide office support as needed (place tickets for failing equipment, order office supplies, assist peers as needed and during PTO)

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• 3+ years’ New York workers compensation defense experience
• Prior workers’ compensation experience with New England States supporting multiple attorneys and competing deadlines
• Ability to type a min. of 70 wpm and must be proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
• Organized, self- motivated, ability to prioritize and work independently
• Exceptional attention to details and the production of professional work product
• Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Work in a team environment with a positive respectful attitude
• Experience with a document management platform (Litify a plus)
• Great Communication skills

The salary range for this role is $20hr-$24/hr. This range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in New York. Base pay offered may vary depending on, but not limited to education, experience, skills, geographic location, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics. This range may be modified in the future.

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• Answer inbound main line phone calls and route inquiries to correct team member
• Greet and manage guests and vendors
• Retrieve, scan, and route all incoming mail to proper team and Claims
• Monitor and process office electronic mailbox correspondence
• Ability to flag critical documents requiring timely responses and appearances
• Process outbound USPS/FedEx mail
• Coordinate/schedule meetings, hearings, appointments, and depositions
• Generate draft templates (pleadings, motions, objections, correspondence) for attorney review and approval
• Assemble medical packets to experts along with itemized schedule of records
• Provide Legal Assistant support to 1 or more Attorneys
• Document processing (assemble, copy, scan, serve, E-file accordingly)
• Manage and prioritize competing deadlines
• Communicate with claim partners, clients, witnesses, Court, opposing counsel, vendors, and team members
• Maintain data integrity in our document management platform supporting our paperless environment (documents, parties, roles/relations, naming conventions)
• Timely transmit and request payments to vendors, experts, etc.
• Provide office support as needed (place tickets for failing equipment, order office supplies, assist peers as needed and during PTO