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Title : Paralegal

Location : Georgia - Atlanta
Refer to Job # WJCS794120

Paralegal Responsibilities: Drafts pleadings, motions, agreements, and orders by customizing standard forms and/or using Form Builder. Fills out legal forms. Drafts letters and simple court documents. Prepares contracts, simple Wills and powers of attorney by customizing standard forms. Serves as the clients primary sources of contact by interacting with clients and building relationships with them by phone, email and in person. Communicates with clients with updates and gathers information. Provides more and better communication with clients c. Strengthens the relationship between the client and the firm. Assures that the firm has the documentation necessary to best serve and understand the client's needs. Schedules client calls and meetings. Assures that the attorneys calendars are accurately maintained and organized in a logical and efficient manner. Interacts with the courts and administrative agencies regarding hearings, motions and other appearances. Functions as the courts primary point of contact with the firm for all administrative and scheduling issues. Drafts, sends and/or e-files correspondence and basic pleadings. Reviews invoices to clients. Drafts legal correspondence. Prepares discovery and responses to discovery demands. Dockets and schedules events: Adds ticklers/reminders to attorney and firm calendars as necessary. Schedules mediations, hearings, trials, meetings, as necessary with court, opposing counsel, clients, staff and attorneys. Helps the attorney prepare the client and the file for court and/or mediation. Assists the attorney during hearings and trials. Researches laws and judicial decisions about current as well as past cases. Drafts memos for attorney summarizing legal research on issues. Reviews pending court dates. Serve as witness or notary as necessary. Manages the attorneys email: Retrieves and reviews mail for assigned attorneys; Assures that copies are included in the firm's client file (paper, electronic, or both); Sends a PDF of the mail to the client (if applicable); Notifies attorneys of email necessitating attorney attention along with appropriate time frames for action or response. Manages the attorneys mail: Reviews mail for assigned attorneys, and provides to or handles for attorney; Sends a PDF of the mail to the client (if applicable). Manages the firm faxes: Sends a PDF of the mail to the client (if applicable). Notifies attorneys of faxes necessitating attorney attention along with appropriate time frames for action or response, or takes appropriate action upon attorney approval. Drafts legal correspondence as directed by attorneys. Puts documents initially drafted by attorneys into final form, ready to be delivered to court, clients, and co-counsel and opposing counsel. Drafts non-legal correspondence. Communicates with firm's bankers, suppliers, landlords and others. Coordinates calls for the attorney with individual clients, conference calls or other calls involving several parties. Organizes the attorneys files. Assures that the client file is organized and ready (including exhibits) in advance of court, mediation or other outside attorney meetings. Substitutes for Secretary as necessary. Assists Secretary in creating, updating and managing client file and/or trial binder: Prepares and maintains electronic client file or trial binder. Prepares and maintains physical client file or trial binder. Helps prepare client file or trial binder for court, including exhibits. Scans and/or makes copies of documents. Creates and updates firm forms, templates and checklists. Schedules conference room. Enters time, expenses and billing data. Helps give attention to and wrangle office cats as necessary. Qualifications: An experienced paralegal grow legal team. Clients hire, they are going through an emotionally difficult period in their lives, and goal is to help them make their lives better. Should know how to draft petitions, orders, discovery and all the other documents involved in family law. Should be able to choose the right one and build the first draft. Will need to be creative, organized and efficient to do job well. A penchant for accuracy and attention to detail are required. Should treat a case at 4:30pm on Friday with the same care and compassion as one on Monday morning at 9am. Should be empathetic and help put them at ease. Must bill 6 hours a day with a goal of 1600 for the year. will have a growth mindset, an ability to relate with people in crisis, a good sense of humor, and love getting stuff done.

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