Legal Jobs in Hatboro

PRE-LIT PERSONAL INJURY PARALEGAL – PA EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Our client, a busy personal injury law firm in Jenkintown, PA has an immediate need for an experienced Pre-Lit Paralegal. Candidates should have at least 1+ years of pre-litigation personal injury litigation experience. Must be able to hit the ground running -- responsibilities include handling intake, speaking with insurance companies, clients, and doctors, gathering medical records, preparing exhibit binders, and handling settlement documents. Firm offers a very pleasant working environment and great benefits.

Requirements

• 1+ years of Personal Injury Litigation experience
• Handle intake, calendaring deadlines, scheduling depositions
• Preparing exhibit binders
• Mailing out forms and documents as needed
• Assist paralegals with drafting, organizing and preparing documents for trial

Personal Injury Litigation Senior Attorney

An excellent Personal Injury firm has a full-time opening for a Personal Injury Litigation Associate in their Newtown, PA office. The ideal candidate will have excellent legal research and writing skills, an entrepreneurial spirit, and be self-directed and detail oriented. Candidates must be able to organize and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment. The right candidate will have the extraordinary opportunity to continue their professional development in a challenging but collegial environment.

The firm is actively considering applications from experienced personal injury lawyers with exceptional credentials and a genuine passion for the law.

Responsibilities:

• The position will support personal injury concerns with a focus on catastrophic injury cases.
• Must have experience handling a high-volume caseload in a fast paced, results oriented environment with limited oversight.
• The Associate will work directly with clients handling depositions, drafting, and responding to pleadings and discovery. As well as writing and researching legal issues for briefs, pleadings, ascertaining experts, reviewing medical records and discovery.
• Must be able to effectively evaluate and analyze the merits of a personal injury claim.
• Expertly provide guidance and counsel to clients through effective communication.
• Must have experience in and be able to effectively negotiate, settle, litigate, and try cases.

Qualifications:

• The ideal candidate will have at least 7-10 years of Plaintiff’s Personal Injury litigation experience.
• Strong analytical, drafting, writing, research, and negotiation skills.
• Excellent organizational skills, high attention to detail and accuracy, and the ability to work in a deadline driven practice is required.
• Must have demonstrated the ability to work independently, as part of a team and the interpersonal skills to interact directly with clients.
• Experience working with The Court of Common Pleas- Clerkship with the following counties – Lehigh, Northampton, Bucks, Montgomery, Chester, Delaware, and Philadelphia is a plus.
• Must be licensed to practice in the State of Pennsylvania.

PLAINTIFF PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEY – PA BAR/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Our client, a boutique plaintiff's personal injury law firm is adding an associate attorney to their experienced team of attorneys. Responding attorneys should have 2-5 years of hands-on plaintiff's experience handling premises liability, automobile accidents, and slips and falls. Candidates must be in good standing with the PA Bar. NJ Bar is a big plus. Candidates must be able to handle a large volume of cases.

Responsibilities:

• Handle all aspects of litigation and negotiation from intake to trial.

• Appear for court conferences, depositions, mediations.

• Communicate with experts.

• Prepare clients for depositions and trials.

• Draft, prepare and review summons, complaints, stipulations, and discovery responses and requests.

• Maintain communication with clients and manage expectations.

Qualifications:

• Dependable self-starter with a strong work ethic.

• Familiarity with the relevant laws in PA and NJ pertaining to personal injury claims.

• Meticulous attention to detail and organizational skills.

Stark & Stark has a full-time opening for a Personal Injury Litigation Associate in our Newtown, PA office. The ideal candidate will have excellent legal research and writing skills, an entrepreneurial spirit, and be self-directed and detail oriented. Candidates must be able to organize and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment. The right candidate will have the extraordinary opportunity to continue their professional development in a challenging but collegial environment.

Stark & Stark's Yardley office is open to considering applications from experienced personal injury lawyers with exceptional credentials and a genuine passion for the law.

Responsibilities:

• The position will support personal injury concerns with a focus on catastrophic injury cases.
• Must have experience handling a high-volume caseload in a fast paced, results oriented environment with limited oversight.
• The Associate will work directly with clients handling depositions, drafting, and responding to pleadings and discovery. As well as writing and researching legal issues for briefs, pleadings, ascertaining experts, reviewing medical records and discovery.
• Must be able to effectively evaluate and analyze the merits of a personal injury claim.
• Expertly provide guidance and counsel to clients through effective communication.
• Must have experience in and be able to effectively negotiate, settle, litigate, and try cases.

Qualifications:

• The ideal candidate will have at least 7-10 years of Plaintiff’s Personal Injury litigation experience.
• Strong analytical, drafting, writing, research, and negotiation skills.
• Excellent organizational skills, high attention to detail and accuracy, and the ability to work in a deadline driven practice is required.
• Must have demonstrated the ability to work independently, as part of a team and the interpersonal skills to interact directly with clients.
• Experience working with The Court of Common Pleas- Clerkship with the following counties – Lehigh, Northampton, Bucks, Montgomery, Chester, Delaware, and Philadelphia is a plus.
• Must be licensed to practice in the State of Pennsylvania.

Benefits

Stark & Stark is committed to the health and well-being of its staff members. The firm offers a full range of benefits, including traditional major medical and hospitalization coverage, a prescription plan, a dental plan, a vision plan, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment coverage, a profit sharing, and a 401(k) plan, paid vacation, and paid holidays.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Stark & Stark’s policy is to make employment decisions based on merit, ability, and competence. Except where required by law, employment practices shall not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or staff member’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or any other characteristic provided by law. Qualified minorities, females, veterans, and attorneys with disabilities are encouraged to apply. It is also our policy to provide a work environment that is free of harassment of any kind, including that which is sexual, age-related, or ethnic.

Mansfield Rule

As part of its continued efforts to actively recruit and advance the recruitment, development, and promotion of diverse lawyers, Stark & Stark is participating in Diversity Lab’s Midsize Mansfield Rule initiative. The Mansfield Rule is named for Arabella Mansfield, the first woman admitted to practice law in the United States. It measures whether law firms affirmatively consider diverse lawyers for hiring, advancement, and significant leadership roles.

Under this initiative, we strive for a candidate pool consisting of at least 30% women, attorneys from underrepresented racial and/or ethnic groups, lawyers with disabilities, and/or LGBTQ+ attorneys. The Mansfield Rule initiative also includes a commitment by Stark & Stark to be transparent in our internal governance, particularly with our selection guidelines and job descriptions for firm management roles and committees.

Stampone O’Brien Dilsheimer Holloway, an established and growing plaintiff’s personal injury firm, seeks full-time paralegal minimum 5 years plaintiff’s pre-litigation and litigation experience.

Candidates must be self-motivated, independent team player.

The paralegal will work directly with clients and attorneys developing facts and being responsible for all aspects of accident/insurance claim reporting, investigation, property damage, gathering and updating medical records and medical treatment, notice letters, lien and subrogation claims, wage loss, related reports, preparation, filing and service of pleadings, document preparation, including complaints, motions, discovery, scheduling of meetings and depositions, trial preparation, etc.

Must be familiar with e-filing procedures in Philadelphia, surrounding counties, and New Jersey.

Must have strong written and oral communication skills, be client-service oriented, and have good organizational skills with attention to detail.

Must have the ability to prioritize workload and assignments.

This position will be in the Cheltenham, PA office located minutes from Northeast Philadelphia.

Salary and benefits will be commensurate with the level of experience.

Company Description

The Law Offices of Williams & Scheetz is a general litigation law firm located in Richboro, Pennsylvania. They focus on personal injury, family law, contract law, estate planning, business formation, real estate, and criminal defense/DUI cases. The firm represents clients in state and federal courts across multiple counties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Role Description

This is a full-time on-site role for a Legal Assistant/Paralegal at The Law Offices of Williams & Scheetz in Richboro, PA. The role will involve tasks such as legal document preparation, providing administrative assistance, communication with clients, and supporting the legal team in various capacities. An ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized and capable of preparing legal documents and correspondence, preparing cases for trial, maintaining client relationships, managing case files, and assisting in the daily duties of a busy local law practice.

Qualifications

• Legal knowledge and understanding of personal injury law
• Proficiency in drafting discovery and pleadings
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Experience in providing administrative assistance in a legal setting
• Ability to work effectively as part of a legal team as a Legal Assistant
• 5 years of experience in the legal field and recent experience in civil litigation preferred
• Associate's degree in Paralegal Studies or related field preferred