Paralegal - Family Law

About the job Paralegal - Family Law


FAMILY LAW PARALEGAL

Onsite | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Full-Time | $65,000-$90,000 annual base pay | Plus incentives tied to billable hours & KPI achievement

Summary

Mayersohn Law Group, P.A. is hiring an experienced Family Law Paralegal to support our growing Family Law practice in Fort Lauderdale.

This is an onsite role for a highly organized, client-centered paralegal with hands-on Florida family law experience . You will work closely with attorneys and clients on divorce, paternity, timesharing/custody, child support, alimony, financial-disclosure, and related family-law matters.

The right candidate is proactive, dependable, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing a busy caseload with minimal supervision. You must be able to communicate with empathy while maintaining firm deadlines, accurate documentation, confidentiality, and a high standard of client service.

What You'll Do

Family Law Case Support

• Draft, prepare, revise, and organize family law pleadings, motions, notices, discovery, subpoenas, correspondence, and related legal documents.
• Assist with matters involving dissolution of marriage, paternity, parenting plans, timesharing, child support, alimony, modifications, enforcement, and other Florida family-law issues.
• Prepare and organize financial affidavits, mandatory disclosures, financial records, and supporting documentation.
• Assist with written discovery, including interrogatories, requests for production, subpoenas, discovery responses, and document collection.
• Maintain accurate case files, deadlines, task lists, hearing dates, and court-calendar information.

Filing, Deadlines & Organization

• Prepare documents for Florida e-filing and ensure filings, service, and supporting materials are complete, accurate, and timely.
• Coordinate service of process, subpoenas, document delivery, and follow-up with process servers, clients, opposing counsel, and court personnel as appropriate.
• Organize digital and physical files, discovery productions, exhibits, communications, and client records.
• Monitor deadlines and proactively identify outstanding documents, follow-up needs, and case-preparation requirements.

Client Communication

• Communicate with clients to collect documents, obtain case information, schedule appointments, and provide procedural updates.
• Help clients understand next steps, document requests, deadlines, and attorney instructions while maintaining appropriate paralegal boundaries.
• Provide responsive, professional, and compassionate service to clients navigating sensitive family-law matters.
• Maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment with sensitive financial, personal, and case-related information.

Attorney & Hearing Support

• Assist attorneys with preparation for hearings, mediations, depositions, and trial.
• Prepare hearing notebooks, exhibit lists, witness materials, timelines, document summaries, and other case-support materials.
• Coordinate with clients, witnesses, experts, and third parties as directed by the attorney.
• Use Clio, Family Law Software, Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and legal-research or document-management tools to support case progress.
• Meet established monthly billable-hour and performance expectations.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of hands-on Florida family law paralegal experience.
• Experience supporting divorce/dissolution, custody or timesharing, paternity, child support, alimony, and/or related family-law matters.
• Experience drafting family law documents and assisting with discovery, financial disclosures, case management, and hearing preparation.
• Strong working knowledge of Florida court filing procedures and family-law deadlines.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, legal case-management software, and document organization.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, time management, and follow-through.
• Ability to manage multiple active matters, shifting deadlines, and client needs in a fast-paced environment.
• Professionalism, reliability, discretion, and a strong client-service mindset.
• Ability to consistently meet billable-hour and productivity expectations.

Preferred

• Certificate or degree from an ABA-approved paralegal program.
• Experience using Clio , Family Law Software , e-filing platforms, and legal-research tools.
• Experience preparing Florida financial affidavits, mandatory disclosures, child-support-related documents, or parenting-plan materials.
• Experience supporting attorneys during hearings, mediations, depositions, and trial.
• Bachelor's degree or paralegal certification.

Compensation & Benefits

• $65,000-$90,000 annual base pay
• Up to $119,00 with additional incentives tied to billable hours & KPI acheivement
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) participation
• 10 days of PTO, plus paid holidays
• Ongoing training and professional development
• Opportunity to work directly with experienced litigators on meaningful family-law matters

About Mayersohn Law Group

Mayersohn Law Group, P.A. is an AV-rated, NAMWOLF-certified South Florida law firm known for excellence in litigation. Founded by Leah Mayersohn, a former prosecutor with decades of high-stakes trial experience, the firm represents clients in Criminal Law, Family Law, Real Estate, and Commercial Litigation.

Our mission: Relentless where it matters. Deliberate at every turn.
We pursue outcomes with tenacity while applying thoughtful, strategic judgment at each step.

We are guided by our PATHS values:

• Purposeful: Every action is intentional and moves the case forward
• Accountable: We take ownership from intake through resolution
• Trustworthy: We handle every matter with discretion and care
• Honest: We communicate clearly, directly, and truthfully
• Strategic: We apply sound judgment and real-world thinking to every case

Our team works in a direct, fast-paced, solutions-focused environment. We value professionals who communicate clearly, accept candid feedback, and stay focused on achieving results while supporting our systems and operations.