Overview AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., a fast-growing commercial insurance company, has an immediate need for an in-house legal assistant to work in our Moorestown, NJ Staff Counsel office.
Responsibilities
• Filing pleadings with the Court
• Filing motions with the Court
• Communicating with insureds re: various aspects of subrogation claims
• Communicating with subrogation and first party adjusters
• Communicating with adverse parties and counsel
• Communicating with vendors and engineers
• Gathering documentation and information from various sources for discovery purposes
• Legal research
• Drafting discovery
• Drafting pleadings and motions
• Review documentation
• Processing bills/invoices from vendors (process servers, experts, etc.)
• Answering phone calls
• Entering info/data into TeamConnect
• Entering appointments/events on calendars
• Drafting & mailing correspondence
• Tracking/routing subrogation settlement checks Qualifications
• 3-5 years of prior experience with either an insurance carrier, subrogation law firm, or personal injury firm
• Familiarity with subrogation, litigation, and/or workers’ compensation
• Working knowledge of TeamConnect
• Previous experience calendaring court hearings and deadlines
• Previous experience scanning documents
• Previous experience filing pleadings and motions
• Previous experience drafting pleadings and motions
• Previous experience drafting discovery
• Familiarity w/Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel) This job description is designed to provide a general overview of the requirements of the job and does not entail a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties, or responsibilities that will be required in this position.
AmTrust has the right to revise this job description at any time.
What We Offer AmTrust Financial Services offers a competitive compensation package and excellent career advancement opportunities.
Our benefits include Medical & Dental Plans, Life Insurance, including eligible spouses & children, Health Care Flexible Spending, Dependent Care, 401k Savings Plans, Paid Time Off.
AmTrust strives to create a diverse and inclusive culture where thoughts and ideas of all employees are appreciated and respected.
This concept encompasses but is not limited to human differences with regard to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, culture, religion or disabilities.
AmTrust values excellence and recognizes that by embracing the diverse backgrounds, skills, and perspectives of its workforce, it will sustain a competitive advantage and remain an employer of choice.
Diversity is a business imperative, enabling us to attract, retain and develop the best talent available.
We see diversity as more than just policies and practices.
It is an integral part of who we are as a company, how we operate and how we see our future.