Atticus
Legal Assistant
Remote. Posted 2 days ago
The role
You will help people in crisis get and keep disability benefits or insurance compensation. Your work covers client relationships, support for paralegals and attorneys in filing and managing claims, and improving team workflows.
What you will do
- Build relationships with clients seeking disability benefits or insurance compensation
- Help clients who risk slipping through the cracks at SSA get their cases back on track
- Track down missing paperwork at SSA with client teams
- Support paralegals and attorneys in filing and managing claims
- Improve inefficient workflows, such as processing case updates, and get team buy-in
- Help Marketing find clients for testimonials
- Test new tools for Product
Required qualifications
- Bachelor's degree from a four-year university with strong academic performance
- Experience in a professional role with substantial customer-facing and/or administrative work
- Resourceful team player ready for a scrappy startup environment
- Comfortable in varied conversations: empathetic with people in crisis, organized with attorneys or the SSA
- Demonstrated commitment to doing good and helping people
Nice to have
- Professional experience helping others apply for government benefits
- Experience at a startup or other fast-paced, agile environment
Benefits
- Medical and dental insurance, with premiums covered 100% for employees and their families
- 15 vacation days and about 20 paid holidays each year, including two weeks at year end
- Free OneMedical membership
- $600/year internet stipend
- $1,000/year reimbursable stipend for education and training outside of work
- Up to $1,200/year student loan repayment assistance
- 401(k) match and optional HSA/FSA
- Equity for every employee
Before you apply
- Diverse team is a stated priority; candidates from groups underrepresented in tech are encouraged to apply
About the company
Atticus helps Americans in crisis access disability benefits and insurance compensation. It is a certified B Corporation that has raised more than $100 million from venture firms.