About Lagasse Branch Bell + Kinkead LLP

Lagasse Branch Bell + Kinkead  is a certified female-owned law firm dedicated to providing responsive, quality, and result-oriented services to our clients. Whether defending our clients in litigation or offering proactive advice designed to prevent litigation, we partner with our clients to help them achieve their goals. Our mission is simple: to provide comprehensive solutions for the legal needs of companies throughout California.

Litigation Paralegal

A successful candidate would already have experience working in a fast-paced defense firm that focused on civil litigation matters, with an emphasis on class action law and will be ready to hit the ground running. Hybrid schedule available, 100% employer paid benefits, 15 days of PTO (to start!), 11 paid holidays, many in-office amenities, and an amazing office culture and environment. If you’re ready to learn more about this great opportunity, reach out to us today!

Responsibilities

• Conduct legal research
• Update and maintain internal databases
• Organize exhibits, documents, evidence, briefs, and appendices
• Aid attorneys with interrogatories and other discovery requests
• Gather relevant information from a variety of sources
• Liaise between trial team and internal/external third parties
• Communicating with retained experts and preparing relevant materials for expert review
• Help with voir dire, jury selection and witness preparation
• Subpoena medical, billing, and radiology records, employment records, workers compensation records, and other entities
• Prepare comprehensive medical chronologies and Howell analysis
• Summarize written discovery and document productions
• Conduct background checks, social media investigations, litigation history

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ recent experience in civil litigation – employment and/or wage and hour class action/PAGA experience required
• You MUST be competent and proficient in the use of Word, Outlook, and One Drive
• You MUST be able to navigate the web like Magellan
• You must be able to handle working with several different databases of information and comfortable organizing data
• Think on your feet and make smart decisions
• Your ability to listen to what you are being told and ask follow-up questions is very important
• Able to talk to people (employees, clients, visitors, salespeople, servers, the public, doctors, and people at the insurance company) in a manner that is polite, professional, well-spoken, and that puts them at ease
• You need to be willing to do what it takes to get the job done right the first time
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to handle a high caseload
• Trial preparation and trial support experience is required
• Applicable knowledge of motions, discovery, evidence, litigation documents, court rules and procedures, practices, etc.
• ABA approved paralegal certificate or other relevant certification

Note:

• Please apply only if you have the requisite prior experience with insurance defense billing
• Annual paralegal billable requirement is 1500

Compensation

$70,000 - $95,000 (DOE)