Paralegal (hybrid)

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life's uncertainties. And for more than 90 years our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers' evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.

Your role in the team
At Allstate we have exciting new opportunities to appoint paralegals who will join the Legal Services team in Northern Ireland and operate as an integral part of the global Client Legal Services ('CLS') function within the Law & Regulation department of Allstate.

This position provides paralegal support aligned to a US state specific CLS office, in which the paralegal will manage their own tasks under limited attorney supervision. This individual serves as subject matter expert and specialist proactively identifying, assessing, summarizing, and monitoring relevant issues.

The role will involve close collaboration with Lead Counsel, Attorneys, and admins, across both the US & our wider global team. These are exciting, high-profile, and wide-ranging roles, where you will have an opportunity to help us build and grow the legal function in Allstate Northern Ireland. This is a great opportunity to support the business strategy in a highly successful, innovative company.

**Please note there are multiple positions available for this posting.

Key Responsibilities

• Proactively organize and prioritize case workload and proactively drive cases forward, with particular focus on time sensitive tasks
• Drafting and preparing pleadings / Answers for attorney review
• Gather, prepare & draft discovery related documents for the attorney to analyze
• Serving and propounding discovery on Plaintiff Attorney
• Liaising with clients, seeking documentation and/or providing case updates
• Proactively identify and summarize relevant issues while continually monitoring them and updating the attorney with recommendations, as appropriate
• Drafting and preparing motions for attorney review and signing
• Requesting Independent Medical Examinations ('IME's) and medical records
• Summarization of salient medical records, requesting of same and the ability to recognize court deadlines for having subpoenas for medical records and the records themselves completed and circulated
• Independently determine if additional research is needed
• E-filing / submitting documentation to the Courts
• Involvement in special projects that may be required, from time to time, to support the complex

Essential Skills

• All candidates must demonstrate they have a legal right to work in the UK for employment at Allstate. Allstate is not providing sponsorship for this vacancy,

AND

• A relevant Legal undergraduate degree or postgraduate degree or paralegal qualification, and
• Minimum 6 month's experience working in a paralegal or similar legal support role;

OR

• Currently working towards relevant legal undergraduate degree; and
• Minimum 1 year experience working in a paralegal or similar legal support role;

Candidates must also be able to demonstrate:

• Meticulous work with good attention to detail and strong analytical skills
• Exceptional organizational skills
• Ability to work independently managing own workload

Desirable Skills

• 2.1 or above in law related Degree
• Relevant postgraduate qualification
• Previous experience within US business or jurisdiction
• Experience working within an international organization
• Experience of personal injury insurance claims

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This job does not have supervisory responsibilities.

Posting End Date- Wednesday 12th February 2025 (11:59pm)

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Joining our team isn't just a job - it's an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. And one where you can impact the future for the greater good.

You'll do all this in a flexible environment that embraces connection and belonging. And with the recognition of several inclusivity and diversity awards, we've proven that Allstate empowers everyone to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live.

Good Hands. Greater Together.

What we offer

As Digital DNA's Workplace of the Year 2020 & 2022 winners, we offer a generous benefits package that includes flexible annual leave entitlement, dental and healthcare insurance, an attractive pension package and discounts on gym memberships, public transport and parking.

Allstate invests heavily in your development, as an employee you will have access to multiple world-class learning platforms and courses from our award-winning in-house Learning & Development team.

We pride ourselves in providing clear career paths and opportunities for internal mobility allowing you to further develop within the organisation.

We encourage a better work life balance and you'll have the opportunity to apply for various flexible working arrangements.

Statement on Fair Employment and Equal Opportunities

Allstate NI wishes to ensure equal opportunity is given to all job applicants. This company will not discriminate on the grounds of race, gender (including gender reassignment status), sexual orientation, religious belief, political opinion, marital status, age or disability.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. However, as women are currently under-represented in our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from women. All appointments will be made on merit.

Applicants should note Allstate NI complete AccessNI background checks on all candidates offered a position.

Posting End Date:
04 February 2025