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Title : Paralegal

Location : Texas - Houston
Refer to Job # ERHY744236


Paralegal The candidate will be responsible for professional telephone etiquette. Communicating with clients, opposing counsel, courts, and liaisons. Creating and maintaining paper and electronic client files. Receiving, sorting and filing paper and electronic mail including service emails. Maintaining attorneys calendar including calculating and calendaring deadlines and due dates. Drafting and sending correspondence to attorneys, court staff, and clients. Drafting pleadings, motions, temporary orders, decrees and briefs. Issuing and responding to discovery. E-filing using Efile TXCourts.gov and ProDoc. Assisting attorneys in preparing for hearings, mediation, depositions, appellate proceedings and trial. The candidate must be well organized with strong attention to detail. Should be able to prioritize/multi-task with little supervision. Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills. Must have 3+ years legal experience preferably in family law including contested conservatorship and property division cases. Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS/CPS) and Juvenile Delinquency experience preferred. Should have strong document preparation skill in WordPerfect and/or Microsoft Word. Must have experience with Adobe Acrobat and Outlook. Experience with Splitsease, MyCase and M-Files preferred. Should have strong typing skills including proofreading and editing from attorney hand-written notes.
 
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