What are the responsibilities and job description for the Family Law Paralegal position at Douglass & Runger PLLC?
Seeking a Seasoned Family Law Paralegal
Do you want to help our attorneys give supporting and unyielding representation to provide our clients with a brighter future?
We are a family law firm on track for aggressive growth and need an experienced Family Law paralegal to join our team and work directly with the attorneys to support the team and help our clients.
We protect the most important things to our clients: their bonds with their children and their financial futures. We want to be known for helping our clients come out of extremely emotional processes feeling as though they are a better person and that they had a team behind them that really cared and fought for them. We are growing fast, and we need a paralegal who can hit the ground running.
This position will be responsible for important work, including:
- Preparing “initial draft” pleadings for Complaints for Divorce, Permanent Parenting Plans, Marital Dissolution Agreements, miscellaneous divorce motions and pleadings, discovery responses, Adoption pleadings and Juvenile Court pleadings.
- Working closely with the Firm’s family law attorneys to push legal matters forward.
- Being a point of contact for the Firm’s family law clients and interacting with clients in person, via email and over the phone to assist our family law attorneys in handling cases.
- Filing pleadings electronically on the Court’s electronic filing system.
- Maintaining calendars and scheduling for our attorneys.
- Delegating work to and supervising legal assistants.
- Creating a positive and professional impression and experience for all our clients.
If these statements appeal to you, then you may be our Paralegal:
We love to help people learn and grow and are looking forward to helping on-board you to our wonderful team of attorneys, but we need a Paralegal with experience and a track record of providing support to attorneys. The ideal candidate will embrace the Firm’s core values: accountability, adaptability, integrity, synergy and proactivity.
This is a full-time job where you are expected to manage a caseload, so you must be able to work *in the office* for 40 hours per week. Salary is commensurate with skill and experience and is negotiable. We offer benefits including health insurance, disability insurance, life insurance, matching 401k, and paid time off as well. There is opportunity for growth in our firm for those candidates who can demonstrate their commitment to the Firm’s core values and the Firm’s profitability. We also provide opportunities for personal and professional development, including regular lunch and learns, book clubs and quarterly out of office team-building exercises.
TO APPLY:
Along with your resume, prepare a cover letter with no more than TWO paragraphs and a closing sentence. In the first paragraph explain what you believe are the 3 most important qualities needed in someone who works with family law clients or and why you believe they are the most important qualities needed for someone who works with those particular type clients. In the second paragraph, explain why you applied to this particular job. As a closing sentence please write, “I have read the instructions contained in the job posting and have followed the instructions.”
We look forward to reviewing your application.
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED THROUGH THIS SYSTEM THAT DO NOT FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
