Senior Paralegal - Personal Injury Litigation

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Are you an experienced litigation professional who thrives in personal injury litigation and enjoys managing cases end-to-end with full autonomy? Veta Virtual is hiring a Senior Paralegal – Personal Injury Litigation for a U.S. personal injury litigation and civil law firm. This role is ideal for someone who brings real hands-on litigation experience, strong organizational skills, and the ability to manage a high-volume caseload independently — without waiting for direction, without requiring hand-holding, and without needing a formal onboarding runway to hit the ground running.

🔑 Your Role:

As a Senior Paralegal – Personal Injury Litigation, you will support attorneys by managing a personal injury and civil litigation caseload from pre-filing through litigation milestones. You will own key tasks that keep cases moving efficiently and confidently, ensuring court deadlines are met, documents are filed correctly, and clients remain well-informed throughout the legal process.

This is a fast-paced, high-volume environment inside a growth-phase firm. You will be expected to onboard onto active cases quickly, build and document your own processes where none exist, and produce consistent, high-quality output under pressure — from day one. This position requires exceptional attention to detail, strong independent judgment, and a proactive, low-maintenance communication style.

Your Day-to-Day Responsibilities Will Include:

• Managing personal injury and civil litigation caseloads independently — including approximately 20 active litigation and/or pre-litigation matters simultaneously.

• Preparing, formatting, and filing key court documents including complaints, motions, and case management statements — with zero tolerance for recurring errors regardless of workload pressure.

• Maintaining and updating case calendars with deadlines, hearings, and filings — anticipating what needs to happen next without being asked.

• Drafting and coordinating discovery requests, responses, and related correspondence with precision and efficiency.

• Working with clients, opposing counsel, and third parties to gather necessary case information and respond appropriately — asking targeted, efficient questions rather than requiring extended explanatory sessions.

• Organizing, formatting, and proofreading legal documents using MS Word to ensure full compliance with court rules and internal quality standards.

• Preparing exhibits, binders, and document sets for hearings, depositions, and trial preparation.

• Using Clio Manage for case tracking, document storage, and client communications — keeping everything current and accessible at all times.

• Collaborating with attorneys to support trial preparation as needed — self-sufficiently, even when lateral support is unavailable or unreliable.

• Communicating with clients to gather facts, provide case updates, and ensure timely input on litigation strategy — always with professionalism and discretion.

• Building and documenting workflows and processes where they do not yet exist — contributing to the operational structure of a growing firm rather than simply inheriting established systems.

• This is a hybrid role — you will serve as both a Litigation Paralegal and a Case Manager in personal injury matters.

✅ What You'll Need:

• 5+ years of experience as a litigation paralegal, case manager, or senior paralegal in personal injury and/or civil litigation law — with a proven track record of managing caseloads independently and under pressure.

• California personal injury litigation experience is strongly desired — familiarity with California court rules, filing requirements, and PI workflows is a significant advantage.

• Demonstrated ability to operate with minimal supervision — you anticipate what needs to be done, take initiative without waiting for instructions, and communicate proactively rather than reactively.

• Proven comfort working in unstructured, fast-growing, or startup-phase law firm environments — you build processes, you don't just follow them.

• Ability to onboard onto active cases quickly and without a formal handoff period — producing quality output from day one in a high-volume environment.

• Zero-tolerance approach to recurring document errors — your attention to detail is consistent and reliable under pressure, not only when the workload is light.

• Concise, efficient, and targeted communication style — you ask the right questions when needed but do not require extended explanatory sessions for standard litigation tasks.

• Ability to work self-sufficiently when lateral support is unavailable — you never depend on a colleague or internal resource to function effectively.

• Comfortable working alongside a direct, results-focused, high-output attorney who communicates by exception rather than by routine check-in.

• Expertise in calendaring deadlines, drafting litigation documents, and preparing case management statements.

• Strong MS Word skills — capable of formatting legal documents to professional and court-compliant standards.

• Experience with Clio Manage or equivalent case management tools, plus calendaring and e-filing familiarity.

• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills — able to handle sensitive client information with professionalism and discretion at all times.

• This role is open only to candidates based in LATAM or Europe.

💼 What We Offer:

• 💸 Competitive compensation in USD per month, based on experience.

• 🌴 15 days of PTO plus U.S. national holidays off.

• 💻 Fully remote role — work from anywhere with a professional home setup.

• 📈 Opportunities to grow within the legal support field through ongoing collaboration with experienced attorneys.

• 🤝 A supportive, transparent, and organized work environment through Veta Virtual and our client.

🚀 Ready to Apply?

If you are a seasoned litigation professional who enjoys owning case work, thrives without hand-holding, and consistently delivers quality output in a fast-paced legal environment — apply today. It only takes a few minutes. We can't wait to meet you!