American Family Insurance

Litigation Paralegal

American Family Insurance
Posted 10/19/2026full-timeRemote • Oregon • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $27 - $45 per hourWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in legal research, drafting legal documents, and trial preparation while maintaining confidentiality and adhering to legal ethics. Proficient in managing medical records and evidence gathering to support litigation processes.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Legal ResearchDrafting Legal DocumentsTrial PreparationInsurance KnowledgeConfidentiality Maintenance

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Provide effective support in defined phases of the litigation or non-litigation process under the close supervision of an attorney
  • Report to a manager, legal services
  • Assist attorney in trial preparation
  • Draft pleadings, discovery documents, motions, deposition summaries, abstracts, correspondence and legal memorandums under attorney supervision
  • Organize, summarize and evaluate medical records for discovery and trial preparation
  • Conduct investigation and discovery under limited supervision
  • Draft discovery responses and assist in preparing witnesses and demonstrative evidence for trial
  • Assist attorneys in complex depositions, hearings, trials and similar settings as needed
  • Represent insured or the company in small claims or conciliation court for defense or subrogation where applicable by jurisdiction
  • Review files to determine issues, records needed and settlement possibilities

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service
  • Demonstrated experience performing legal research, conducting investigations, gathering and summarizing medical records, indexing depositions, gathering evidence and preparing exhibits for trial, with minimal assistance
  • Demonstrated experience preparing pleadings, motions, deposition summaries, discovery responses, and other legal correspondence with minimal assistance
  • Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of insurance, legal ethics rules and the ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality
  • Demonstrated experience with various PC software applications, legal research tools and trial applications, including Microsoft Office Suites, Internet Explorer, Outlook, Acrobat, Westlaw and Trial Pad
  • Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of tort and contract law, legal procedures, legal terminology, and the judicial system
  • Ability to travel up to 10%
  • Ability to work primarily involving sitting/standing
  • Offer contingent on applicable background checks
  • Must sign a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions
  • Sponsorship will not be considered unless specified in the posting

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Relocation support for eligible candidates
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits
  • Competitive 401(k) contribution
  • Pension plan
  • Annual incentive
  • 9 paid holidays
  • Paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees)
  • Student loan repayment program
  • Paid-family leave
  • New Employee Orientation and onboarding support

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Hard Skills
Pleadings PreparationMotions DraftingDiscovery ResponsesDeposition SummariesEvidence GatheringLegal TerminologyTort Law KnowledgeContract Law Knowledge
Soft Skills
Customer-Driven SolutionsAttention to Detail
Tools & Technologies
Microsoft Office SuiteWestlawTrial PadInternet ExplorerOutlookAcrobat
Industry Keywords
Litigation ProcessJudicial SystemLegal EthicsConfidentialityInvestigation