Paralegal – Family Law

Job Description

Job Ttitle: Paralegal – Family Law

Company: The Law Office of Stacy D Heard, PLLC


Description: Our growing legal team is seeking an experienced family law paralegal. The ideal candidate for this position will use their work experience and organizational skills to prepare and maintain legal documents, file motions, interview clients, and conduct legal research. If you’re looking to fill an invaluable position at our firm and are passionate about helping others, we are interested in learning more about you! Responsibilities: • Draft legal documents, pleadings, and correspondence such as interrogatories, subpoenas, deposition notices, complaints, pretrial orders, legal briefs, and affidavits under the guidance of a lawyer • Organize our case filing systems to ensure all documents are properly sorted and easy to locate, and other administrative duties as needed • Hold client interviews to gather information about their legal problems • Draft subpoenas and coordinate with process servers • Help lawyers prepare for trial by preparing and organizing exhibits, assisting with client meetings, filing motions, conducting research on legal articles, and organizing and coordinating witnesses Client Focused Tasks: • Engage in Preliminary Legal Research and Writing on basic issues • Draft legal pleadings with client information • Engage with the Legal Team to understand legal strategy on each case so the Legal Team can be in alignment with the client’s interest in reaching their goal, the team’s interest in moving clients forward, and the Firm’s interest in creating raving fans • Communicate with clients throughout the client’s journey so they fully understand the progress of their case • Manage and analyze discovery • Prepare memorandums to the file and correspondence throughout the case to appropriately apprise team members and the client of the status of the last 2 steps taken and the next 3 steps planned so everyone understands the plan Administrative/ Team/ Financial Tasks: • Engage with the Team to create a collaborative culture including contributing and participating in team training, team builders, and other growth opportunities • Create billable time entries that convey tasks performed and demonstrate forward movement to the client; review and analyze the tracking numbers and stay on target with Key Performance Indicators set by quarter • Keep files updated, organized and attorneys prepared • Accomplish billable hour goals Marketing Tasks: • Suggest thoughtful gifts and thank you to referrals and others who have gone out of their way to help us • Engage in social media in a positive and supporting role to the firm and to amplify the brand and amazing fun, vibrant culture of the firm • On occasion, participate in podcasts, audio recordings, videos, and live streams to help promote our message Operational Contributions: • Create efficiencies by developing and refining the Firm’s systems including the policies and procedures, examples, templates, scripts, diagrams, workflows, and videos • Analyze statistical information to better understand how we can improve our services and the time we spend servicing clients Qualifications: • 3 years of experience in legal services under an attorney or lawyer in a law firm setting • Candidates who have completed a paralegal professional certification or have advanced paralegal education will receive preference • Candidates must have completed an ABA-approved paralegal certificate program such as an Associate’s degree or proprietary school program in paralegal studies, Bachelor’s degree preferred • Talented communicator and writer • Excellent organizational skills, and time-management skills About Company: The Firm is well-respected for its intense advocacy, strong work ethic, pragmatism, and compassion in cases involving both traditional and non-traditional families. The firm provides caring counsel to clients while, at the same time, advocating skillfully and effectively. Featured benefits: Hybrid or in-person workplace in downtown SeattleTraining and professional developmentIndependent responsibility for cases401(k) – employer matchedHealth insurancePaid time offCompetitive bonus packagesPro bono opportunities to serve those in need of legal services

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Location: Seattle, WA

Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 23:50:27 GMT


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