Senior Litigation Paralegal

Job DescriptionLitigation Paralegal Reports to: Director of Legal CounselFLSA Status: Non-exempt Position Summary

The Senior Litigation Paralegal provides comprehensive support to the Legal Department in defending professional liability, elder abuse, wrongful death, regulatory, and other healthcare-related claims involving skilled nursing facilities, assisted living communities, and long-term care operations.

The position will work closely with in-house counsel, outside defense counsel, risk management personnel, facility leadership, and insurance carriers. The ideal candidate possesses significant experience handling healthcare litigation, particularly long-term care, nursing home, skilled nursing, elder abuse, medical malpractice, or professional liability matters.

This role is heavily focused on discovery management, factual investigation, medical record requests and analysis, claim evaluation, litigation coordination, and settlement support across a portfolio of claims involving multiple facilities.

Essential Duties and ResponsibilitiesLitigation & Discovery Support

• Manage and coordinate discovery responses in professional liability, elder abuse, wrongful death, and related litigation.
• Collect, organize, and review facility records, medical records, personnel records, policies, procedures, and other litigation-related documents.
• Coordinate document preservation and litigation hold activities.
• Work directly with facility administrators, directors of nursing, risk managers, regional personnel, and other operational staff to gather information relevant to claims and litigation.
• Track discovery deadlines, court dates, expert disclosures, and other litigation milestones.
• Assist counsel in preparing responses to interrogatories, requests for production, requests for admission, subpoenas, and deposition notices.
• Organize and maintain litigation databases, document repositories, and claim files.
• Assist in evaluating exposure and litigation risk.

Settlement & Resolution SupportOutside Counsel & Insurance Coordination

• Serve as point of contact for routine communications with outside defense counsel.
• Coordinate with insurance carriers, TPAs, and brokers regarding claims and litigation matters.
• Ensure reporting deadlines and carrier requirements are met.

Regulatory & Risk Management Support

• Assist with analysis of incident reports, complaints, regulatory surveys, and claims trends.
• Support internal investigations.
• Help identify risk-management opportunities and litigation-prevention initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of litigation paralegal experience.
• Minimum 3 years supporting healthcare, medical malpractice, professional liability, elder abuse, nursing home, or long-term care litigation matters.