Insurance Defense Paralegal

Kennedys, a global law firm with offices throughout the US, seeks a full-time Paralegal with 5+ years of solid insurance litigation experience related to NY law to join our team in our New York City Office. This is a really exciting opportunity for an ambitious paralegal to join a growing, global law firm.

Key responsibilities

• Ability to review/analyze and summarize medical records and add relevant dates/information to the medical chronology
• Prepare answers to Discovery with client contact
• Prepare discovery motions (Motions to Extend Discovery, Motion to Compel Discovery and Motion Dismiss Complaint for Plaintiff's Failure to Provide Discovery)
• Experience reviewing Plaintiff's Answers to Interrogatories
• Schedule and coordinate IME's for plaintiff
• Research (Westlaw preferred) and other online sources
• Assist in retention of experts with experience in dealing with outside vendors
• Prepare HIPPA Authorization Forms for Plaintiff's execution and return
• Retrieval of medical records from providers and Third-Party vendors
• Follow-up with providers to ensure receipt of records of HIPPA request
• Perform Jury Verdict Searches using Westlaw
• Preparation of appeals, motions and privilege logs
• Production of documents
• Shepardizing [blue booking]cases

Our ideal candidate should have

• 5+ years of relevant experience [Insurance Defense Litigation]
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite
• Excellent organizational skills and keen attention to detail
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
• Thorough working knowledge of and experience working the Federal and New York court system
• Experience drafting and entering time entries
• Experience with Westlaw
• Paralegal Certificate from an ABA accredited program preferred or relevant years of experience.

The annualized salary range for this role is $75,000-$90,000. However, this is contingent upon level of experience, practice group, location and other job-related factors permitted by law.

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys. 

About Kennedys

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 2,750 people worldwide across 48 offices in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and America we have some of the most respected legal minds in their field.

Our lawyers handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, and provide a range of specialist legal services, for many industry sectors but we have particular expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, especially in defending insurance and liability claims.

We're a fresh-thinking firm, and we're not afraid to bring challenging new perspectives to the table way beyond the traditional realm of legal services. We empower our clients with a diverse range of ideas, tools and technology to make their lives easier, as well as delivering exceptional results, every time.

What do we have to offer?

We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you'll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference.

Our culture and values form a big part of who we are and we take them seriously. We make a difference by being approachable, straightforward, supportive and distinctive. Our values are at the core of who we are and what make us a great firm to work with and for.

The Firm recognises the value of investing in our people's development and believes our culture and values contribute to the quality of our work and of our client relationships. With a culture of on-the-job and experiential learning, peer to peer learning, mentoring, resources and tools that enable you to drive your career, we can support your development in your current and future roles.  A variety of other opportunities are available including secondments to clients and our global offices.

We strive to celebrate diversity, empower our people and ensure everyone can bring their authentic selves to work.  We've created a culture based on client service, professional excellence, hard work and trust, where diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority.  We recognise that many of our people want to work for an employer that is aligned to their values, which is why we are building an inclusive culture, decarbonising our operations and supporting our people to thrive at work.  Our people are the key to driving this change and helping us to make a difference to our clients, our people and the communities in which we live and work.

Kennedys is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. We expect all employees to be aware of and comply with all relevant policies and procedures within their jurisdiction, including those relating to Information Security, Data Protection and Quality Management, refer any breach promptly to Risk & Compliance and to complete all mandatory training when requested.