Workers' Compensation Legal Assistant II

at  AmTrust Financial Services Inc

Overview:
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., a fast-growing commercial insurance company, has an immediate need for an in-house Legal Assistant to work in our Irvine or West Hills Litigation office.

Responsibilities:

• Provide Legal Assistant support to 4 Attorneys.
• Identify and flag critical documents requiring timely responses and associated deadlines to ensure our clients/insureds/Company are protected from sanctions and unnecessary litigation.
• Coordinate/schedule meetings, hearings, appointments, and depositions.
• Maintain and manage Attorney calendars avoiding and resolving conflicts.
• Generate draft templates (pleadings, motions, objections, correspondence) for attorney review and approval.
• Knowledge and experience in requesting Panel physicians (requests, strikes, workflow timelines).
• Assemble medical packets to experts along with itemized schedule of records.
• Document processing (assemble, serve, E-file accordingly).
• Independently manage and prioritize competing deadlines.
• Communicate with Claim partners, clients/insureds, witnesses, Court personnel, opposing counsel, vendors, and team members in a professional/collaborative manner.
• 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.
• Knowledge of local Court rules and e-filing requirements.
• Assist Manager with special assignments as needed.
• Provide workflow feedback by eliminating unnecessary/outdated processes.
• Identify outdated templates requiring updates.
• Implement and follow best practices/departmental workflows.

• Provide Legal Assistant support to 4 Attorneys.
• Identify and flag critical documents requiring timely responses and associated deadlines to ensure our clients/insureds/Company are protected from sanctions and unnecessary litigation.
• Coordinate/schedule meetings, hearings, appointments, and depositions.
• Maintain and manage Attorney calendars avoiding and resolving conflicts.
• Generate draft templates (pleadings, motions, objections, correspondence) for attorney review and approval.
• Knowledge and experience in requesting Panel physicians (requests, strikes, workflow timelines).
• Assemble medical packets to experts along with itemized schedule of records.
• Document processing (assemble, serve, E-file accordingly).
• Independently manage and prioritize competing deadlines.
• Communicate with Claim partners, clients/insureds, witnesses, Court personnel, opposing counsel, vendors, and team members in a professional/collaborative manner.
• 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.
• Knowledge of local Court rules and e-filing requirements.
• Assist Manager with special assignments as needed.
• Provide workflow feedback by eliminating unnecessary/outdated processes.
• Identify outdated templates requiring updates.
• Implement and follow best practices/departmental workflows