Paralegal

Job Description

Job Description

It’s something you think about each day.

You have the option to stay where you are or to explore new possibilities.

You can choose to return to your current job and its challenges tomorrow, or you might consider a change.

You can decide whether to continue working with your current team or to seek a different environment.

Are you an experienced paralegal looking to bring your skills to a modern law firm that values creativity, teamwork, and helping others?  Are helping people and getting things done the right way your superpowers?  We're on the hunt for a dynamic Experienced Paralegal who can help our busy attorneys and other paralegals assist in protecting and promoting clients and their businesses.

Why You'll Love Working With Us:

• Innovative Culture : We’re not your typical law firm—we embrace technology, fresh ideas, and forward-thinking approaches. Anything that helps clients. 
• Team Spirit : Join a supportive team that knows how to work hard and have fun. We celebrate successes together and support each other every step of the way.
• Growth Opportunities : We’re committed to your professional development, offering plenty of opportunities to learn and grow.

Characteristics:

• Be punctual and reliable with a strong commitment to character, integrity, and work ethic
• The ability to project confidence and competence while representing clients 
• The ability and flexibility to produce outstanding results at a modern, rapidly growing firm
• Exceptional communication skills
• A positive, motivating attitude, meeting or raising the standard of conduct and performance of existing firm members
• Desire to focus on exceeding clients’ expectations

Compensation : $50,000 - $75,000+ Based on Experience & Benefits

$50,000 - $75,000+ DOE

• Perform legal research for motions, hearings, and other legal assistance
• Review and prepare all financial disclosures and statements
• Store case files and additional important information neatly arranged and immediately accessible
• Speak with clients to provide quality service, answer basic procedural inquiries about their case, and obtain information about their legal difficulties
• Track and calculate progress on all deliverables to meet deadlines

What You'll Be Doing:

• Legal Maestro : Work closely with our attorneys to draft and finalize legal documents, from contracts to pleadings, ensuring everything is pitch-perfect.
• Research Guru : Dive into legal and general issues research with enthusiasm, providing valuable insights to support clients and cases.
• Client Champion : Be the friendly face and voice that clients trust, building strong relationships and ensuring they feel valued.
• Organizational Wizard : Keep our office running smoothly by managing schedules, coordinating meetings, and maintaining our case management systems.
• Drafting basic legal documents, pleadings, and discovery, and preparing first drafts of legal forms
• Filing legal documents, including e-filing, in federal and state courts
• Gathering and analyzing research data, such as statutes, opinions, legal articles, codes, and documents
• Researching and preparing non-party subpoenas
• Organizing exhibits and medical records
• Summarizing medical records and deposition transcripts
• Maintaining calendars and client files
• Prioritizing client-related matters
• Corresponding with clients
• Handling routine correspondence in your own voice on the attorney’s behalf
• Keeping attorneys apprised of short-term obligations as well as long-term implications of expedient decisions
• Track, capture, and record billable time
• Liaise with other team members and departments of our firm
• Answer the telephone and route or screen calls
• Assisting attorneys in preparing for trials, hearings, and depositions
• Helping with ideas on how to improve processes and efficiencies

• Must have excellent time-management skills, and organizational skills
• Prior experience working with office management software: internet, email, word processing, case management, time and billing, legal research, and document management is required
• Paralegal experience working closely with attorneys and clients on [[types of cases]]
• To be considered for this position, you must agree to participate in a 20-question written interview that examines your knowledge, abilities, qualifications, habits, and behaviors (including attention to detail, communication skills, and technical legal knowledge)
• Experience with standard office equipment: scanner, copier, printer

If the statements below appeal to you, then you may be our next Paralegal!

• 4 + years of experience in a Paralegal role
• Bachelors degree
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Tech-savvy with Mac/Apple products, Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, OneDrive, Clio, document management systems, time and billing, and transcription software products, and an interest and ability to quickly learn other technologies
• Proficiency with local, state, and federal court procedures and documentation, plus E-filing
• Litigation and trial experience is a plus
• Able to operate well under pressure with minimal supervision
• You smile when you answer the phone
• You are an amazing scheduler with exceptional attention to detail
• You are very good with calendars, e-mail, spreadsheets, word processing, and the Internet

Outside Chief Legal LLC (OCL) is the newest brand of partner operative. OCL provides preventive, solution-oriented legal services combined with business acumen aimed at supporting overall strategies and missions for companies that do not have legal counsel in either a General Counsel (GC) or Chief Legal Officer (CLO) format. These growing organizations are typically family-run, limited liability companies, and smaller organizations that also seek C-suite legal protection combined with creative and pragmatic solutions to bottom-line challenges and the opportunities they may create. 

OCL also provides outside counsel, expertise, and support to in-house counsel and legal departments. We serve as strategic business partners, merging legal and business strategies to offer innovative business solutions, with the best interests of the business and its owners always our objective.