Personal Injury Litigation Legal Assistant

Location: Remote
Employment Type: Full-Time IC
Working Hours: U.S. Business Hours (CDT) with required overlap
Reports To: Personal Injury Trial Attorneys & Litigation Team

About the Firm

We are a growing U.S.-based personal injury law firm dedicated to advocating for injured clients and securing strong outcomes through aggressive, well-prepared representation. Our trial attorneys handle active litigation matters that move quickly from discovery through mediation and trial, and they depend on litigation support professionals who keep cases organized, deadlines protected, and files trial-ready.

We are expanding our litigation support bench to give our trial lawyers additional capacity as caseloads grow.

About the Role

This role exists to give our trial attorneys hands-on litigation support across active personal injury cases. You will work directly alongside attorneys preparing matters for discovery, deposition, mediation, and trial — while drawing on pre-litigation experience (demand packages, records, LORs/LOPs) to move cases as they transition into the litigation phase.

This is not an intake or pure pre-litigation position. We are looking for litigation-strong assistants who understand the full personal injury lifecycle and can step into active cases with minimal ramp-up. The deeper your command of U.S. personal injury litigation processes, the more room there is to grow with our team.

Key Responsibilities

Discovery & Litigation Support

Draft and respond to written discovery: Interrogatories, Requests for Production (RFPs), and Requests for Admission (RFAs)
Prepare discovery responses and supplemental discovery responses
Track discovery deadlines and maintain document repositories
Prepare subpoenas, affidavits, and supporting litigation documents

Deposition, Mediation & Trial Preparation

Prepare deposition materials and draft deposition summaries
Support mediation preparation and assemble supporting documentation
Assist attorneys with trial preparation, exhibits, witness files, and trial binders

Medical Records & Damages Analysis

Request, obtain, organize, and review medical records and medical bills
Prepare medical chronologies and treatment summaries
Support case valuation, liability analysis, and damages analysis

Demand & Settlement Support

Draft and assemble demand packages
Support demand and settlement negotiations
Coordinate communications with insurance carriers and adjusters
Prepare settlement documentation and case-closing materials

Pre-Litigation Crossover

Prepare Letters of Representation (LOR/LOA) and Letters of Protection (LOPs)
Handle records requests and coordinate with healthcare providers
Support cases transitioning from pre-litigation into active litigation

Client Communication & Case Management

Serve as a point of contact for clients, providing updates and explaining next steps
Maintain complete, organized case files within the firm's case management system
Track critical dates: statutes of limitation, hearings, depositions, mediations, and trial dates

Required Qualifications

2+ years supporting U.S. personal injury law firms as a Legal Assistant, Litigation Assistant, or Paralegal
Direct, hands-on experience in U.S. personal injury litigation (not intake-only)
Demonstrated experience with written discovery: interrogatories, RFPs, RFAs, and discovery responses
Experience preparing demand packages and reviewing medical records and medical bills
Experience supporting deposition, mediation, and/or trial preparation
Some pre-litigation experience (LORs/LOPs, records requests, demand prep)
Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
Strong organization and the ability to manage multiple active litigation files with minimal supervision
High attention to detail and disciplined deadline management

Preferred Qualifications

Plaintiff-side personal injury experience
Experience with deposition summaries, chronology preparation, and liability and damages analysis
Familiarity with case valuation support and supplemental discovery responses
Experience with subpoenas, affidavits, and court filing procedures
Knowledge of Filevine, SmartAdvocate, Litify, Clio, PINS, or similar legal software
Bilingual English/Spanish

Ideal Candidate Profile

You are litigation-fluent and comfortable working active personal injury cases through discovery, deposition, mediation, and trial. You know how a demand package comes together, you can summarize a deposition or build a medical chronology without hand-holding, and you understand how pre-litigation work feeds the litigation process.

You are highly organized, proactive, and protective of deadlines. You take ownership of your work, flag issues before they become problems, and give trial attorneys real capacity rather than another task to manage

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