Paralegal

3-5 yrs required

Full-time

No

Paralegal - Legal Support for Law Firm in Florida Panhandle
H1: Seeking Experienced Paralegal for Law Firm in Florida Panhandle
H2: Join Our Team and Help Us Provide Quality Legal Services

Job Title: Paralegal
Salary: $24 - $28 per hour depending on experience
Location: Florida Panhandle (Destin or Panama City Offices)

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly organized and efficient Paralegal to join our law firm in the Florida Panhandle. As a Paralegal, you will provide support to our attorneys by performing a variety of legal tasks and maintaining positive relationships with clients, attorneys, and staff. This is a great opportunity for someone with 3-5 years of paralegal experience and a strong understanding of law office procedures.

Responsibilities:

- Identify and obtain relevant legal materials for attorney(s) as requested
- Draft correspondence, pleadings, and legal briefs with various parties
- Utilize firm software programs and document management system
- Perform court required electronic filing following established rules and procedures
- Conduct legal research using available resources
- Maintain familiarity with firm forms, legal forms, and document formats
- Review completed tasks and documents for accuracy
- Maintain professionalism when using the firm's telephone system
- Draft and type legal documents such as complaints, discovery, and motions
- Establish and maintain trial notebooks, document indexes, and calendars
- Work closely with administrative support staff
- Ensure timely and accurate time sheet entries

Requirements:

- Ability to read, write, and proofread legal documents
- 3-5 years of paralegal experience
- Strong organizational and prioritization skills
- Excellent proofreading abilities
- Interpersonal skills for effective communication with clients and staff
- Willingness to work beyond regular office hours when necessary

Working Conditions:

This is a normal first-class law office environment.

Physical Needs:

This job requires prolonged sitting, bending, and manual dexterity. It also requires normal range of hearing and eyesight and may involve climbing and lifting up to 30 lbs.

EEO Statement:

Our law firm is an equal opportunity employer and we recruit from all over the Southeast and beyond to find the best candidates for our positions.

Salary Information:

This position offers a competitive salary of $24 - $28 per hour, depending on experience.

Join our team and help us provide quality legal services to our clients in the Florida Panhandle. Apply now!

maintains positive contact with clients, attorneys and staff. proficiency in the firm’s software programs, including but not limited to word processing, time and billing system, email system, trial software, document management system, employee electronic time clock system and microsoft office products. maintain high level of professionalism when using the firm’s telephone system, including, but not limited to, handling in-coming calls, transferring calls, conference calls, long distance calls and utilizing firm conferencing system. interpersonal skills necessary in order to communicate in person, by e-mail and telephone to provide information with expected courtesy and tact. requires eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity sufficient to operate a keyboard, photocopier, telephone, calculator and other office equipment

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