Legal Assistant - THOMAS TONA PC : Job Details

We are a growing Suffolk County, NY Plaintiff Law firm focusing on personal injury and no-fault collections that is currently seeking a full time no-fault collections legal assistant to add to our growing no-fault department. This is a great opportunity that allows you to grow professionally, as we offer mentoring, training, oversight, and collaboration and hold weekly meetings as a practice group. The Legal Assistant will help TonaLaw attorneys provide a superior level of legal representation.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Process and respond to requests from the American Arbitration Association
• Timely submit new cases via Simple File and uploads to AAA via the Modria website
• Rebuttal Requests and follow ups to clients
• Maintaining a calendar for follow up of retrieval of requested documents
• Delegating new cases received to team for preparation
• Quality control review of prepared cases for arbitration
• Updating file statuses in case management software
• Assistance with client account audits
• Correspondence with insurance carriers and clients
• Request & review of medical records and bills for accuracy
• Pre-arbitration Settlements and counter offers
• Review for accuracy of policy documents, PIP payouts and other documents received by the insurance carriers
• Processing of invoices for payments
• Processing & document retrieval for EIP cases
• Updating & organizing the calendar for the attorneys daily hearings

Qualifications:

• Associates Degree (not a must)
• 2 years no-fault collections experience required
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Detail oriented and highly organized
• Strong writing, editing and proofreading skills
• Customer oriented
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Quick learner
• Personable

Benefits:

• Hybrid schedule
• 401(k) with firm matching
• Health insurance
• Paid time off (including a paid firm-wide holiday closure between December 24 and January 1, every year)

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