Senior Family Law Paralegal

Job Description

Job Description

At McKINNON LEGAL, we're deeply committed to providing compassionate and effective solutions for families navigating challenging times. As a Family Law Paralegal with us, you'll play a vital role in supporting our mission to deliver better outcomes for clients. You'll be the backbone of our legal team, using your expertise to prepare and maintain essential legal documents, file motions, and conduct thorough legal research.

Your organizational skills and client interactions will be crucial in ensuring that we deliver the highest standard of service, helping families find clarity and peace. Join us in making a meaningful difference, and let's work together to shape brighter futures for those we serve.

$52,000 - $65,000 yearly commensurate with experience

• Gather information about legal issues from the client in interviews
• Aid lawyers in trial preparation by preparing and organizing exhibits, organizing and coordinating witnesses, conducting research on legal articles, and assisting with client meetings and filing motions
• Prepare legal documents, correspondence, and pleadings such as complaints, interrogatories, subpoenas, deposition notices, pretrial orders, legal briefs, and affidavits, under the supervision of a lawyer
• Take care of administrative tasks such as answering phones and maintaining an organized filing system for all legal documents
• Coordinate law office activity, including the drafting subpoenas and coordinating with process servers

• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills, and time-management skills
• 3+ years of legal service experience under an attorney or lawyer in a law firm setting
• ABA-approved paralegal certificate program such as an Associate’s degree or proprietary school program in paralegal studies, Bachelor’s degree desired
• Completion of a nationally-accredited paralegal program strongly preferred

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.