What are the responsibilities and job description for the Family Law Paralegal position at Ascension Global Staffing & Executive Search?
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Ascension Global Staffing & Executive Search is seeking a Family Law Paralegal needed in our client's Downtown Fort Lauderdale office.
- The Family Law Paralegal plays a crucial role in supporting the Family Law practice group and boosting attorney efficiency by managing information and aiding in the delivery of legal services, including client interactions.
- This position demands a proactive attitude to ensure tasks are completed on time, exceptional organizational skills, keen attention to detail, and the ability to excel in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.
- The Paralegal will be expected to track and record their own billable time. Minimum of three years of experience, including reading and organizing financial documents, such as tax returns, bank statements, etc.
- Family law experience highly preferred.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Bill and enter your own time daily
- Assist in drafting legal documents including, but not limited to, pleadings, petitions, motions, notices, discovery, third-party subpoenas, final judgments, financial affidavits, charging liens, responses, objections, answer, and correspondence to clients, opposing counsel, experts, the court, third parties, mediators, etc.
- Input information into various file databases
- Review incoming and outgoing discovery documents and prepare a summary for the same
- Review incoming discovery for compliance
- Redact documents for compliance
- Stay on top of ever-changing rules and procedures
- Assist with determining and calculating alimony
- Calculate Child Support Guidelines, including but not limited to retro, current, arrears, and step-down
- Prepare Equitable Distribution Worksheets
- Conduct legal research, analyze results, and prepare synopsis
- Caselaw research using Westlaw
- Research property documents using official court records and the property appraiser’s website
- Prepare various charts and summaries for any topic requested by the attorney
- Review, organize, label and coordinate detailed and complex document productions and trial/hearing notebooks
- Interact with all parties, counsel, mediators, experts (financial, psychological, etc.), court reporters, and process servers and respond to any corresponding inquiries
- Schedule mediations, depositions, hearings, trials, misc. meetings, phone calls, etc., coordinating same with various parties involved
- Calendaring deadlines and staying on top of the same
- Coordinate deliveries of exhibits, binders, caselaw, etc. to the Courthouse
- Research using SunBiz for client businesses, opposing party businesses, and registered agent/mailing addresses for subpoenas
- Research opposing party (and sometimes our client) on social media platforms
- Assist with client Firm invoices and client payments of same, as needed
- Schedule hearings using the Court’s calendar system
- Assist attorneys in preparation for meetings, hearings, depositions, mediations, and trials
- Prepare and e-file documents at the State level and follow up on all filings
- Draft response emails for attorney
- Research and pull relevant documents, proofread documents, and organize exhibits in preparation of a motion filing
- Ability to manage information through various firm databases, including but not limited to MS Word, Excel, i-Manage, OneDrive, DropBox, DPA, and other platforms
- Assist client’s in setting up new accounts with the DOR
- Assist with vendor invoices, as needed
- Assist with potential new clients, as needed
- Other duties as assigned
