Bilingual Personal Injury Legal Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Company Overview

Barrios Virgüez Attorneys is a fast-paced growing bilingual law firm that specializes in personal injury and immigration. We are very passionate about the well-being of our employees and our clients. Our company culture is deeply rooted in our core values which include respect, accountability, integrity, service, and excellence (R.A.I.S.E). Every team member and client is an asset to our Firm.

Job Summary

The Legal Assistant is responsible for the overall management of personal injury legal operations for the cases assigned to them. In this role, your primary goal is to develop and manage each case to maximize the benefit for our clients. You will oversee the case from the Investigation stage to Pre-Demand phase.

Must be able to gather, analyze and research information and documents and manage a high-volume caseload.

Key Responsibilities

• Consistent client updates with proper documentation
• Verify police reports
• Confirm and verify client's biographic information and emergency contact
• Obtain insurance information or defendant's information to file claims
• Sent out LOR (Letters of Representation) to Liability, UM and health insurance
• Copies of client's health insurance
• Set up subrogation claim and client's ID
• Confirm client is set up for treatment
• Confirm insurance coverage
• Acceptance of liability
• Read liability and UM dec pages
• Request ER records
• Obtain written authorization from client to settle for the top offer
• MedPay verification
• Prepare Pre-Demand packages

Basic Requirements and Qualifications

• 1+ years of legal assistant experience (we train and promote within)
• Customer service and call center experience a plus
• High School Diploma or GED
• Bilingual in English and Spanish (this is a must)
• Knowledge of personal injury software, MS Outlook, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint,
• Dropbox and understanding of cloud-based software and systems

Your characteristics:

• Bilingual- Spanish and English
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment
• Strong organizational skills
• Willing to learn
• Exhibits leadership qualities
• Detail-oriented
• Superb phone etiquette
• Highly motivated
• Knowledgeable
• Problem solver
• Ability to multi-task
• Takes directions well and able to execute
• Work on a timely deadline
• Excellent communicator
• Team player and has a “can-do” attitude
• Great attitude/friendly

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Flexible work schedule
• Wellness room onsite
• 401k matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

BarriosVirguez.com includes general information about legal issues and developments in the law. These materials are not intended, and must not be taken, as legal advice on any particular set of facts or circumstances. You may not use this website to provide confidential information about a legal matter of yours to Barrios Virguez. Your use of this website does not make you a client of the firm or even a prospective client of the firm. Neither your receipt of information from this website, nor your use of this website to contact Barrios Virguez creates an attorney-client relationship between you and the firm.

Company Description

BarriosVirguez.com includes general information about legal issues and developments in the law. These materials are not intended, and must not be taken, as legal advice on any particular set of facts or circumstances. You may not use this website to provide confidential information about a legal matter of yours to Barrios Virguez. Your use of this website does not make you a client of the firm or even a prospective client of the firm. Neither your receipt of information from this website, nor your use of this website to contact Barrios Virguez creates an attorney-client relationship between you and the firm.