Paralegal - Family Law - Hialeah Florida

Company: McKINNON LEGAL
Location: Hialeah, Florida
Posted On: 05/12/2024

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
--- Coordinate law office activity, including the drafting subpoenas and coordinating with process servers
--- Work with lawyers to prepare for trial by conducting research on legal articles, preparing and organizing exhibits, organizing and coordinating witnesses, filing motions, and assisting with client meetings
--- Hold client interviews to gather information about their legal problems
--- Take care of administrative tasks such as answering phones and maintaining an organized filing system for all legal documents


Qualifications:

--- 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 desired
--- Strong preference for candidates who have completed a paralegal professional certification or have an advanced paralegal education
--- 3 years of experience in legal services under an attorney or lawyer in a law firm setting
--- Must have great time-management skills, and organizational skills
--- Talented communicator and writer


About Company:
McKINNON LEGAL's passion lies in bringing about better solutions for the family litigation clients we serve. We aspire to expand the practice to a multiple-lawyer organization to serve more families going through hard times coping with and resolving a myriad of issues, including co-parenting, timesharing, the amicable division of assets acquired during the marriage, support, and other ancillary matters related to the family. We enjoy bringing people out of difficult situations and are grateful when they let us know how our firm has made a huge impact on the trajectory of their futures. We love bringing resolution to acrimonious situations and helping post-divorce parties live better. More...

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