Legal Assistant

Position Overview

We are seeking a dependable, detail-oriented Legal Assistant to support a busy family-law practice. The ideal candidate is organized, professional, compassionate with clients, and able to manage competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment. This role provides direct administrative and legal-support assistance in divorce, custody, child-support, and related domestic-relations matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare, format, proofread, file, and serve routine legal documents, correspondence, discovery, and court materials.
• Maintain electronic and physical case files, including pleadings, exhibits, discovery, correspondence, and client records.
• Calendar court dates, filing deadlines, meetings, and internal follow-up tasks; monitor deadlines and provide timely reminders.
• Communicate professionally and sensitively with clients, opposing counsel, court personnel, and third-party providers.
• Assist with client intake, document collection, appointment scheduling, and follow-up communications.
• Organize financial records, discovery materials, and exhibits for attorney review.
• Coordinate filings and service of process, including electronic filing where applicable.
• Support hearing, mediation, deposition, and trial preparation.
• Enter and maintain accurate information in the firm’s practice-management and document-management systems.
• Protect confidential client information and follow all firm procedures and ethical obligations.

Required Qualifications

• Prior experience as a legal assistant, legal secretary, paralegal, or comparable administrative professional; family-law experience is strongly preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organization, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize work under deadline.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Outlook, Excel, and PDF-editing software.
• Ability to learn and use legal case-management, calendaring, and e-filing systems.
• Professional judgment, discretion, reliability, and a client-service mindset.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating closely with attorneys and staff.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting divorce, parenting-plan, child-custody, child-support, or other domestic-relations matters.
• Familiarity with court filing procedures and local family-court practice.
• Experience preparing discovery, organizing financial documents, and assembling hearing or trial exhibits.

What We Offer

• A collaborative, professional work environment.
• Meaningful work assisting clients through significant family transitions.
• Training and opportunities for professional development.
• [Benefits, paid time off, retirement plan, health insurance, or other firm benefits, if applicable.]

How to Apply

Please submit your résumé and a brief cover letter describing your relevant legal-support or family-law experience. Applications should be submitted through Indeed.

Equal Opportunity Employer: We are an equal opportunity employer and consider applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics.