Litigation/Insurance Defense Paralegal

!!MUST HAVE EXTENSIVE INSURANCE DEFENSE EXPERIENCE!!We are currently looking for an experienced litigation paralegal for our Los Angeles, CA office. A national law firm specializing in subrogation and recovery for the worldwide insurance and self-insured markets. The Paralegal will be responsible for assisting attorneys with legal document preparation, preparation of damage summaries, communication with clients and other professionals, legal research, and document review. Minimum 6 years litigation experience, strong knowledge of California law and legal document preparation, excellent written and verbal communication skills, detailed-oriented and skilled in research, document review, subrogation and recovery is a plus. Experience with legal databases and discovery software.There is no billable requirement. We are a property and energy subrogation contingency based firm. Our attorneys and paralegals track their hours, but there is no set requirement. Our paralegals are non-exempt, so the expectation is that they come as reasonably close to recording 7 hours a day as is possible.The firm does not go to trial often at all. Most of our cases are in a pre-litigation stage, with maybe 20 to 25% being put into litigation. But litigation experience is important for a number of ***** understanding of California law, prepping a case to go into litigation, and knowing what needs to be done once it is in litigation.Typically, our paralegals are ***** Document review, i.e., claim files, independent adjuster reports, insured's documents, Damage summaries- preparation and review, requesting documents related to same, Litigation tasks- responding and propounding discovery, trial prep, etc., drafting documents and deposition summaries

Created: 2025-04-19