Legal Assistant Paralegal

A busy boutique suburban law office specializing in Michigan No-Fault claims has an immediate opening for a full-time legal assistant /paralegal. As a Legal Assistant/Paralegal, you will be essential in supporting legal operations and ensuring efficient office management to best serve our clients. Reporting to an attorney, you will utilize your core skills in legal research, preparation of pleadings and other documents, document review, and case management to facilitate litigation processes. Applicants should have experience in litigation and provide references. Your expertise in areas such as litigation and Trial work and simple estates will enhance your value to our office and the legal services we offer our clients. Send resume to RJS Law, 5102 Byron Center Ave SW, Suite D, Wyoming, MI. 49519, or email to RJS@rjs-law.com or Fax to (616) 538-4580.

Responsibilities

Your duties will include client contact and scheduling; preparing complaints and discovery requests and discovery responses including interrogatories and requests for production of documents; preparing subpoenas and deposition notices; scheduling court hearings and depositions; assisting in preparing motions, briefs and trial documents; contacting witnesses and preparing subpoenas for trial; organize documents, pleadings and trial binders. Preparing and filing probate estate forms with various probate courts.

Qualifications

Applicants should be proficient in Word, Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat. Experience with Quickbooks is a plus. Applicants should also have experience in litigation, including scheduling and working with various courts.