Adjuster Jobs in Baltimore, MD

Semmes, Bowen & Semmes has an immediate opening in our Baltimore office for a Paralegal with experience in workers' compensation and insurance defense.

We offer a flexible work environment with options for hybrid work.

This position will require you to be in the office 5 days per week for the first 90-180 days.

Semmes is a paperless office environment.

Compensation:

• $50,000 to $80,000 annually including bonus Responsibilities and Qualifications: Excellent communication and software skills (i.e., Word, Outlook, e-filing, etc.).
• Experience in workers’ compensation and understanding of the laws and procedures associated with the area of practice.
• Collect information from a client by asking informative questions that will be beneficial for the client’s claim.
• Possess good communication skills to answer any questions that actual or potential clients may have.
• Monitor the progress of each claim and obtain updated information by communicating with the client’s health care providers, adjuster, and worker’s compensation agencies in their respective state.
• Obtain and review the client’s medical records, documents provided from the client’s adjuster, wage information and employer records in order to prepare the attorney’s case for mediation, hearings or trial.
• Handle all incoming mail and flag important tasks.
• Manage and coordinate attorney calendars, scheduling and travel plans.
• Scan and update all hearing folders and make sure letters are sent out after every hearing.
• Open new files and make sure practice runs smoothly.
• Must possess excellent critical thinking and organizational skills.
• Typing (at least 60-70 WPM).
• Track billable time on a daily basis.
• Prepare legal documents and general correspondence in an accurate and timely manner; draft standard correspondence; proofread, edit, and format documents.
• Prepare paper court filings and electronic filings.
• Organize, file, and manage electronic and paper documents. Organize and submit documents for timely entry into the firm’s docket system.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary, Health, Vision, Dental, LTD, STD, Life benefits.
• Employee funded 401K.
• Employer funded pension plan.
• HSA and FSA plans.
• Annual performance reviews.
• Bonus plan.
• Free Fitness Center.
• Bike Storage.
• Convenient to Light Rail and close to the MARC Train.
• A Full-Service Law Firm Semmes, Bowen & Semmes is one of the oldest and largest full-service law firms in the State of Maryland.

A diversified team of attorneys serves our clients through offices in five locations:

• Baltimore and Hagerstown, Maryland, McLean, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Martinsburg, West Virginia.
• These strategic locations enable us to accommodate our clients who live and operate their business in the greater Mid-Atlantic area and to support our widening markets.
• We are an employee focused community that provides hands on training and mentoring for our new employees.
• Learning by doing is an effective way to get acclimated to the firm.
• We offer a collegiate environment that supports teamwork and collaboration.
• We value our culture of diversity and respect within our teams and firmwide.
• We work together to reach our mutual goals.
• EEO/AA employer – Minority/Female/Vets/Disabled All materials will be kept in strictest confidence.
• Semmes adheres to recruitment standards wherein selection of employees is made without regard to race, age, sex, marital status, religion, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, disability, military status, or other protected characteristics under applicable federal, state, and local laws. Powered by JazzHR