McAfee & Taft

PARALEGAL

McAfee & Taft  •  Tulsa, OK (Onsite)  •  1 day ago
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Job Description

Job Location: OK - Tulsa - Tulsa, OK 74103
Position Type: Full Time
Job Category: Legal AdminPOSITION SUMMARY
The Paralegal is responsible for supporting multiple attorneys in the Firm and is expected to have a high degree of responsibility for project management and implementation.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential Functions Statement(s)
- Support attorneys throughout all stages of complex civil litigation, from initial case assessment through trial and resolution.
- Assist with preparation for depositions, hearings, mediations, arbitrations, and trials.
- Organize, review, categorize, and summarize large volumes of documents and electronically stored information.
- Assist with document productions, privilege reviews, redactions, confidentiality designations, and production tracking.
- Prepare discovery databases, privilege logs, document indexes, and other litigation support materials.
- Work with litigation support professionals and e-discovery vendors to facilitate efficient document review and production.
- Obtain, organize, review, and analyze medical records and related healthcare documentation relevant to litigation matters.
- Prepare detailed and accurate medical chronologies
- Identify significant medical events, treatment gaps, changes in condition, pre-existing conditions, subsequent injuries, and other potentially relevant facts.
- Assist in coordinating medical records with damages analyses and other case valuation materials while maintaining appropriate confidentiality and accuracy.
- Communicate with medical providers, record custodians, clients, vendors, and other third parties regarding medical record collection and follow-up as directed.
- Assist with coordinating expert witnesses and maintaining expert-related files and materials.
- Review and organize invoices, expenses, and other case-related documentation as needed.
- Handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion and in accordance with firm policies and professional obligations.

Supervisory Responsibilities:
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

QualificationsPOSITION QUALIFICATIONS
Competency Statement(s)
- Integrity/Ethics - Deals with others in a straightforward and honest manner, is accountable for actions, maintains confidentiality, supports company values, conveys good news and bad.
- Communication - Communicates well both verbally and in writing, creates accurate and punctual reports, delivers presentations, shares information and ideas with others, has good listening skills.
- Interpersonal Skills - Has good listening skills, builds strong relationships, is flexible/open-minded, negotiates effectively, solicits performance feedback, and handles constructive criticism.
- Quality - Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems.
- Sense of Urgency - Prioritizes well, shows energy, reacts to opportunities, instills urgency in others, meets deadlines.

SKILLS & ABILITIES
Education: Associate’s degree in paralegal or legal studies or other related discipline is preferred. An equivalent combination of education and experience is required.

Experience: Minimum of 3 years of legal experience required, and 4+ years in legal experience preferred.
Computer Skills: Skilled with MS Office Suite and other office products.
Certificates & Licenses: Paralegal certification from ABA-approves program is preferred.

Other Requirements: Excellent problem-solving skills and willingness to conduct research to learn new tasks. Strong organizational skills to maintain work lists, organize documents, and monitor deadlines and filings. Ability to ask questions, clarify issues, and provide project updates as needed. Excellent written and oral communication skills (comprehension & expression). Strong command of the English language, including excellent spelling, grammar, punctuation, form and style. Detail-oriented and ability to create, compose, proof and edit correspondence. Possess sense of initiative and responsibility to manage case load and maintain confidentiality of records and information. Ability to work in a fast paced, high-pressured environment and maintain case/trial deadlines.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work environment is in a professional office setting. The majority of activity this role performs will be sedentary work.
McAfee & Taft

About McAfee & Taft

By rigorously maintaining the highest standards of legal excellence, the Oklahoma-based law firm of McAfee & Taft has grown to become one of the largest and most respected full-service business practice law firms in the region and a recognized leader in providing clients aggressive representation through creative and innovative strategies for meeting their business and legal needs. For more than 70 years, clients have counted on the firm's multi-disciplinary approach to problem-solving, along with the depth and talent of its dedicated attorneys and support staff, to create comprehensive, customized legal solutions.

McAfee & Taft is Oklahoma's largest law firm and one of the nation’s top 250 firms as ranked by the National Law Journal. With its deep roster of more than 180 attorneys, the full-service civil practice firm serves clients locally, nationally and internationally in the areas of appellate practice, aviation, banking and financial institutions, bankruptcy and workouts, business law, business restructuring, corporate and securities, employee benefits and executive compensation, energy, entertainment law, environmental law, healthcare law, immigration and compliance, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, oil and gas, real estate, and tax and family wealth.

Industry
Legal & Compliance
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Oklahoma City, OK
Year Founded
1952
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