Legal Assistant Paralegal

Prominent South Florida Family Law Firm is seeking a Legal Assistant/Paralegal to support their New York-based attorney group. Must be able to work in a fast-paced, deadline-intensive, high-volume caseload environment with multiple attorneys located in multiple offices. Must be detail-oriented, organized, self-sufficient, and independent. Must be a team player.

Hybrid schedule; however, flexibility for five days per week in-person office coverage is required. Duties include communication with clients, discovery compliance, discovery review, deposition/hearing/trial preparation, drafting of motions and responses, calendaring, e-filing, and scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal and administrative support to attorneys and enhance office efficiency.
• Assist with communication to clients, opposing counsel, judicial assistants, etc.
• Keep clients and attorneys moving forward with discovery deadlines.
• Identify, organize, and label discovery documents for production.
• Prepare discovery responses, including financial affidavits.
• Review and chart missing documents, draft motions to compel and discover subpoenas.
• Coordinate depositions and obtain transcripts.
• Review divisional instructions and prepare scheduled matters for hearing within the timeline/instructions of the assigned judge.
• Assist attorneys with trial preparation.
• Monitor and manage calendar events and deadlines for multiple attorneys.
• Save emails, and client/court documents to the client file.
• Maintain all initial filings of legal records, briefs, and correspondence for assigned cases.
• Case preparations, office meetings, and other projects.

Skills

• 3-5 years’ experience as a Legal Assistant (Family Law or other Litigation experience preferred).
• Familiarity with legal procedures, protocols, deadlines, and court requirements.
• Ability to work for multiple attorneys in a fast-paced, deadline-intensive, high-volume caseload environment.
• Detail oriented and organized, with the ability to focus despite interruptions.
• Working knowledge of case management and billing software.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to adapt to different personalities and work styles.

This job is ideal for someone who is:

• Dependable -- is reliable and enjoys helping the team.
• People-oriented -- enjoys interacting with people and working on group projects.
• Detail-oriented -- has a high level of focus on the work.
• High-stress tolerance -- thrives in a high-pressure environment.
• Motivated -- can anticipate the needs of the attorney.