McKINNON LEGAL
Paralegal - Family Law
McKINNON LEGAL, Miramar, Florida, United States,
Description
Do you love digging into research and helping people? We're hiring a paralegal to assist our legal team in preparing legal documents, filing motions, coordinating law office activity, and conducting legal research. Applicants should be experienced, highly-organized professionals with great attention to detail. If this sounds like a job you'll love, apply below.
Responsibilities
• Draft legal documents, pleadings, and correspondence such as interrogatories, subpoenas, deposition notices, complaints, pretrial orders, legal briefs, and affidavits under the guidance of a lawyer• Hold client interviews to gather information about their legal problems• Coordinate law office activity, including the drafting subpoenas and coordinating with process servers• Help lawyers prepare for trial by preparing and organizing exhibits, assisting with client meetings, filing motions, conducting research on legal articles, and organizing and coordinating witnesses• Organize our case filing systems to ensure all documents are properly sorted and easy to locate, and other administrative duties as needed
Qualifications
• At least 3 years of experience in legal services under an attorney or lawyer in a law firm setting• Strong preference for candidates who have completed a paralegal professional certification or have an advanced paralegal education• Must have strong interpersonal skills and talent for writing and grammar• Candidates should possess high-level organizational skills, and time-management skills• Candidates must have completed an ABA-approved paralegal certificate program such as an Associate's degree or proprietary school program in paralegal studies, Bachelor's degree preferred
Do you love digging into research and helping people? We're hiring a paralegal to assist our legal team in preparing legal documents, filing motions, coordinating law office activity, and conducting legal research. Applicants should be experienced, highly-organized professionals with great attention to detail. If this sounds like a job you'll love, apply below.
Responsibilities
• Draft legal documents, pleadings, and correspondence such as interrogatories, subpoenas, deposition notices, complaints, pretrial orders, legal briefs, and affidavits under the guidance of a lawyer• Hold client interviews to gather information about their legal problems• Coordinate law office activity, including the drafting subpoenas and coordinating with process servers• Help lawyers prepare for trial by preparing and organizing exhibits, assisting with client meetings, filing motions, conducting research on legal articles, and organizing and coordinating witnesses• Organize our case filing systems to ensure all documents are properly sorted and easy to locate, and other administrative duties as needed
Qualifications
• At least 3 years of experience in legal services under an attorney or lawyer in a law firm setting• Strong preference for candidates who have completed a paralegal professional certification or have an advanced paralegal education• Must have strong interpersonal skills and talent for writing and grammar• Candidates should possess high-level organizational skills, and time-management skills• Candidates must have completed an ABA-approved paralegal certificate program such as an Associate's degree or proprietary school program in paralegal studies, Bachelor's degree preferred