House Counsel Paralegal

Ray, Post, Young, & Barbich House Counsel for Chubb in Pennsylvania, is currently seeking an Employment Law Paralegal for its location in Philadelphia, PA.

Position Description:

Under the direction of counsel, duties shall include, but are not limited to:

- Prepare and send Litigation Hold Memo to client

- Send MMSEA – request social security number from client and provide to claims

- Send initial document request via email (at attorney discretion as attorney generally includes this in initial email)

- Discovery – service and answering

- Once counsel have had a Rule 26 conference call, inquire as to whether discovery can be served on plaintiff (can be prepared in advance for review, edits and supplementation)

- Prepare Interrogatories and Request for Production of Documents to Plaintiff and serve on counsel (can be prepared in advance for review, edits and supplementation)

- Monitor plaintiff’s responses to our discovery. If overdue, send overdue letter.

- Advise attorney once discovery is received and send discovery requests to client ASAP to begin discovery process

- Paralegal will complete Request for Production of Documents

- Request for Production of Documents

- Format responses, send to client, preparation of general objections and draft responses for review by attorney; work directly with client to ensure receipt of documents/answers to request for production of documents in a timely manner.

- Interrogatories – Paralegal will set up with general objections and certain specific objections (i.e., expert and/or emotional damage) for attorneys’ review and completion

- Attorneys will contact clients to complete Interrogatories

- If we need additional time to respond to discovery, request extension prior to discovery due date.

- Draft Position Statements (at attorney discretion)

- Assemble/redact exhibits for Position Statements