Family Law Paralegal - Georgia

Job Description

Job Description

If you have GEORGIA family law experience and a stable work history, we're looking for you. We love organized, detail-oriented, and experienced paralegals to manage our cases and create happy clients. You'll draft legal documents such as motions, orders, affidavits, child support worksheets, divorce pleadings, settlement agreements, discovery requests and responses, and parenting plans. If you care about clients, love to win, and thrive at being a part of a well-oiled machine and team with opportunities for continuous training and growth, we want to hear from you. This is fully remote role that is available for paralegals who have Georgia experience only. PLEASE DO NOT APPLY if you live in a different country or have never worked in Georgia!

$52,000 - $87,000 yearly

• Manage a mid-sized case load, ensuring that clients receive prompt responses, proactive communication, and five-star customer service.
• Draft family law pleadings including complaints, answers, motions, and orders for divorce, child custody, modification, and contempt cases. Must also have experience drafting cases from start to finish, including summons, pretrial orders, settlement agreements, parenting plans, child support worksheets, addendums, and final orders.
• Manage and execute deadlines flawlessly.
• Communicate with attorneys, court staff, experts, opposing counsel, clients, and pro se parties with professionalism, kindness, and clarity.
• Ability to complete assignments, tasks, and projects on time.
• Reduce client stress by providing timely legal support and communication along with clear expectations and follow-up.
• Use knowledge of Georgia family law cases and statutes to ensure that all statutory and firm deadlines are met and that cases are proactively resolved.
• Ensure satisfied clients who leave five-star reviews by managing client case communication, answering client questions, and moving case stages swiftly.
• Manage discovery for each case, determining the appropriate discovery tool to utilize and execute including interrogatories, subpoenas, requests to admit and deposition notices.
• Aid lawyers in trial preparation by preparing and organizing exhibits, organizing and coordinating witnesses, conducting research on legal articles, and assisting with client meetings.
• Conduct interviews with clients to gather information about their legal issues throughout the case.
• Meet with clients and draft DRFAS Domestic Relations Financial Affidavits with client earnings, taxes, and financial obligations.
• Operate ethically with integrity at all times. Maintain confidentiality and the highest standards of professionalism.
• Work in a team environment to ensure that clients are taken care of as if they were your own family members.

• Minimum of 4 years of experience in Georgia family law. Please kindly only apply if you have Georgia family law experience.
• Superior writing, proofreading, and drafting skills.
• Old-school work ethics with early arrival, open communication, and honest feedback. Demonstrate respect for clients, co-workers, and leaders.
• Superior follow-up and execution skills.
• Strong technology and computer skills using Microsoft Word, Outlook, and a legal case management system.
• Knowledge of Georgia family law cases and statutes including Georgia Uniform Superior Court Rules and Official Code of Georgia.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients, opposing attorneys, pro se litigants, judicial staff, vendors, and family law experts in writing and verbally.
• Knowledge of the Metro Atlanta Superior Courts and Judges.
• This is a role for a paralegal, not a legal assistant. However, you must be able to perform the jobs of a legal assistant as well including calendaring, e-filing, proofreading, and scheduling.
• Must have strong interpersonal skills and a talent for writing and grammar.
• Must have great time-management skills, and organizational skills.
• 4+ years of legal service experience under an attorney or lawyer in a law firm setting
• Ability to ask for help and resources when needed and the ability to timely communicate obstacles.

We are a firm with a fast-moving work environment that requires the ability to think, move quickly, and multitask. We have old-school, old-fashioned work values, a non-office politics team, and high-tech tools and equipment. We have a team of all "A" players.

We will only hire the best talent, and we only want people who fit in with our core values and culture. Our firm has nearly perfect attendance because we understand how absences impact coworkers and clients!

We focus on customer service, teamwork, candor (open communication), forwardness, quality, and continuous learning. We will give you the tools and resources to succeed. You bring the skills, positive attitude, and initiative.

We require full, comprehensive background checks, and we check references for all candidates. Our team loves working together. We have a challenging job, but we love fighting for clients. A sense of humor and the ability to bounce back from daily challenges are essential.