Paralegal

Zurich North America’s Staff Legal Office is currently hiring a Paralegal to join their team!  Under the supervision of an attorney, the successful candidate’s work will be in support of moderate to complex liability litigation cases (e.g. case work, research, discovery responses, subpoenas, etc.). 

At Zurich North America we acknowledge that work life-balance and flexibility are a priority when it comes to choosing your next career move. Designed with our employees' needs in mind, while facilitating in-person connections and collaborative activities when meaningful and valuable. While our model provides a high level of flexibility and autonomy, occasional circumstances requiring in-office attendance could be expected.

This is a remote work position for a strong candidate with a background in Workers Compensation experience in California, or our Gold River, CA office where employees are required to be onsite one day per week.

In this role you will be responsible for: 

• Providing legal support two attorneys
• Drafting legal pleadings, correspondence, and other documents as directed
• Providing legal support such as legal and documentary research
• Monitoring and adhering to case schedules and filing deadlines
• Conducting interviews, summarizing depositions, reviewing discovery responses and medical records
• Preparing discovery requests and responses
• Subpoenaing, collecting and organizing records from non-parties
• Scheduling Surveillance, Compulsory Medical Exams, and Site Inspections
• Assisting in trial preparation 
• Responding to inquiries from and interacting with customers, clients, counsel, and witnesses
• Keeping track of billable hours.
• Organizing and maintaining case files and documentation, electronically
• Contributing to the team effort by accomplishing related results and participating on projects as needed 
• Collaborating with attorneys, staff, claims professionals and leadership to accomplish successful business and litigation outcomes.

Basic Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or Equivalent and 4 or more years of experience in the Legal Support area
  OR
• Associate Degree and 2 or more years of experience in the Legal Support area
  AND
• Experience conducting electronic database research
• Experience drafting legal documents, correspondence, and/or pleadings
• Experience in legal support
• Experience with Microsoft Office

Additional requirement for California only: