Senior Claims & Litigation Paralegal – Transportation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee and assist with commercial-auto bodily injury, catastrophic-loss, property damage, and transportation litigation/claims.

• Facilitate the immediate preservation of evidence after major accidents, which includes driver qualification and personnel records, ELD/HOS data, telematics/GPS, ECM data, dashcam/video footage, maintenance and inspection records, dispatch communications, bills of lading, photographs, police reports, and witness information.

• Analyze accident reports, demand packages, medical records, and claim documentation, and create litigation chronologies.

• Under the guidance of an attorney, draft initial versions of answers, responses, affidavits/declarations, notices, motions, and other legal documents related to litigation.

• Provide assistance with interrogatories, requests for production/admission, subpoenas, discovery processes, document collection, and legal holds.

• Create exhibits, document and medical summaries, deposition/mediation materials, and trial binders.

• Keep comprehensive litigation files and calendars while monitoring deadlines for pleadings, discovery, depositions, mediations, motions, and trials.

• Maintain succinct case summaries that outline allegations, damages, exposure, defense strategies, deadlines, and subsequent actions.

• Collaborate with outside counsel, oversee case strategies, budgets, and deadlines, and assist in reviewing outside counsel invoices and litigation expenses.

• Work closely with Claims, Safety, Operations, Maintenance, Insurance/Risk Management, and other departments.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in litigation, claims, or as a senior paralegal.

• A strong preference for experience in trucking/transportation litigation, commercial-auto liability, catastrophic loss, or insurance defense.

• Experience with a motor carrier, insurer, third-party administrator (TPA), self-insured transportation company, or transportation defense law firm is highly advantageous.

• In-depth knowledge of U.S. litigation and discovery processes.

• Proficient legal drafting skills.

• Strong docket and file management abilities.

• Familiarity with trucking evidence and FMCSA-related documentation.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary.

• Comprehensive healthcare benefit package.

• Opportunities for career advancement.

• A stable and organized work environment, well-suited for experienced law clerks seeking a balanced, well-structured workload.

• Focus on internal legal matters and file support, with no pressure for external client development or business generation.

• The chance to leverage your expertise across a diverse range of litigation, enforcement, corporate, and regulatory cases within a growing North American organization.