Personal Injury Attorney

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Company: Garces, Grabler & LeBrocq - Edison

Location: Middlesex, NJ 08846

Description:

Description

Our award-winning law firm is seeking a skilled and successful personal injury attorney to join our growing team and help clients find justice and compensation for their injuries. Our ideal candidate will handle case files from inception to settlement, have excellent credentials, a passion for helping people, and a minimum of 3 years of successful personal injury litigation and trial case experience. If you can handle a high-volume caseload and are looking to be on a winning team, please apply today.

Responsibilities
Take, review, and administer full depositions and oral hearings of cases, witnesses and experts.
Review discovery documents and deter the best course of action for each client in each case.
Assess potential personal injury claims and provide legal advice to prospective clients accordingly
Communicate with clients, expert witnesses, insurance company adjusters, supporting witnesses, and medical providers to gather information
Review, modify, and draft motions, discovery responses, demand letters, pleadings, claims, subpoenas, memorandums, and other legal documents
Gather insurance policies, medical expenses, medical records, and other evidence relevant to the case and conduct legal research on case law and premises liability
Maintain updated status documentation of all case files in the case management system
Govern personal injury case files from inception to completion
Appear as legal counsel on the clients' behalf at mediations, trials, hearings, depositions, and litigation
Settle on the clients' behalf when appropriate and negotiate reasonable agreements
Manage a team of personal injury paralegals, legal assistants, case managers, litigation paralegals, and legal secretary

Qualifications
Must be licensed in New Jersey.
Must be proficient in negotiating settlements with insurance carriers and resolving property damage claims.
Must have advance knowledge of Microsoft Suite
Experience with case management systems; SmartAdvocate and others.
Demonstrate a team player and driven disposition.
Must treat clients and team members with respect.
Bilingual Spanish/English is preferred.
Hybrid schedule flexibility.
Demonstrate ability to handle complex cases in an organized manner.
A minimum of 3 years of personal injury litigation or trial experience in medical malpractice, wrongful death, personal injury, or civil litigation practice areas is necessary
A bachelor's degree and a J.D. degree is required
Excellent negotiation, drafting, research, and communication skills are desired
State license to practice law and State Bar Association membership is mandatory
Knowledge of personal injury law/ tort law, medical terminology, wrongful death, civil and family law, and medical malpractice is vital

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