Legal Assistant (Personal Injury)

Location: Fully remote from Lima, Peru; preferred location: Latin America. Working hours: 9 AM–5 PM EST. U.S. federal holidays.

Salary: USD $1,000–$1,400/month

Company

hirify.global connects professionals with agencies and startups worldwide. The client is a U.S.-based personal injury law firm handling accident and injury claims from intake through settlement.

What you will do

• Manage cases from settlement through final client disbursement.
• Prepare closing statements, settlement documents, wire templates, and payment records.
• Verify liens, payoffs, referral sources, case documentation, settlement checks, and disbursement amounts.
• Request, track, negotiate, and resolve liens, maintaining accurate payoff documentation and Excel records.
• Maintain bookkeeping records, review invoices, resolve disputed charges, process payments, and reconcile bank and operating accounts.
• Track staff expenses and reimbursements while coordinating with finance, case management, and settlement teams.

Requirements

• 1–3+ years of accounting, bookkeeping, or financial coordination experience.
• Strong understanding of financial records, reconciliations, invoices, and disbursements.
• Advanced or strong Excel skills.
• Comfort with cloud-based tools and AI-assisted workflows such as Claude.
• Exceptional attention to detail, numerical accuracy, organization, follow-up, and time management.
• Strong written English and professional communication skills.
• Ability to handle confidential financial and client information and work independently in a fully remote environment.
• Ability to work U.S. business hours and meet consistent deadlines.

Nice to have

• Experience with legal settlements, liens, medical payoffs, or personal injury law firms.
• Personal injury law firm experience.
• Experience with Claude or similar AI tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote work with consistent U.S. business-hour coverage.
• U.S. federal holidays.
• Work with agencies and startups through hirify.global.