Administrative Assistant Workers' Compensation

Perez & Morris is a women-owned business defense law firm headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, with offices in Cleveland, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Our attorneys are licensed to practice across the country. We pride ourselves on being good people, doing great legal work, exceptionally well. We serve clients in industries ranging from retail to healthcare to manufacturing to transportation and logistics. We look for self-motivated, intelligent, business-minded, diverse personnel who want to work at a firm passionate about investing in its people and in the communities where we live and work.

Perez & Morris is seeking an experienced Full-Time Legal Administrative Assistant to assist our Workers’ Compensation team. Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Assisting attorneys who specialize in workers’ compensation;
• Scheduling calls, conferences, mediation, and other events;
• E-filing court documents with county, state, and federal court systems;
• Accessing, uploading, and filing documents within Industrial Commission Online Network (I.C.O.N.);
• Scanning and saving documents to document management system;
• Organizing and assembling files for new matters;
• Requesting medical records;
• Submitting invoice for payments;
• Answering phones;
• Managing attorneys’ calendars;
• Other office administrative duties as assigned by attorneys or paralegals.

Minimum qualifications include:

• Minimum of 2 - 4 years legal assistant experience in Workers’ Compensation;
• Experience with filing in the I.C.O.N.;
• Proficient to Excellent in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and Outlook;
• Friendly and professional manner and appearance; and
• Adaptability, willingness to learn, and ability to work as a productive member of a team.

This position is for our Cleveland, Ohio office. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Monday through Friday), but additional hours could be required as necessary. The firm offers full benefits, including paid holidays and vacation, health care insurance, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k and an excellent work environment.

Perez & Morris is an equal opportunity employer and we encourage and intentionally seek diverse perspective and work to foster an environment of equity and inclusion.