Legal Staff Paralegal in Southfield, MI

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Law Firm

Southfield, MI

Legal Staff Paralegal in Southfield, MI

Legal Staff

1-3 yrs required

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Job Title
Filing Coordinator (Full Service Paralegal)

Job Responsibilities
- Critically analyze and interpret legal documents.
- Professionally communicate with a network of attorneys and courts.
- Use company-approved templates to draft lawsuit responses.
- Make attorney-requested edits as needed.
- Manage caseload via company CRM software.
- Update client profiles at multiple data points.
- File legal documents across multiple jurisdictions using a variety of filing methods.
- Escalate issues to the appropriate resource.
- Communicate with various involved parties to ensure accurate and timely resolution.
- Oversee submissions to ensure filing within Answer deadlines.
- Complete tasks timely.
- Learn and adapt to new software and filing systems.
- Ensure all legal documents, communications, and system updates meet Quality and Productivity Standards.
- Ensure assigned cases follow proper procedures.
- Prioritize caseload to manage multiple deadlines.
- Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience Information

Required
- High School Diploma or GED.
- Paralegal certification, similar legal services degree, or 3+ years of paralegal experience.
- Experience drafting legal documents.
- Intermediate skills in MS Office Suite of applications, including Microsoft Word and Outlook.
- Ability to multi-task and focus on several cases at once.
- Proficiency in working with various software and websites.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently with little direct supervision.
- A strong sense of accountability and executing assignments at the highest level.
- Communicate both verbally and in written format at an intermediate level.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

Preferred
- Experience in FDCPA guidelines.
- One year of experience filing with courts, e-filing experience a plus.
- One year or more drafting legal responses.
- Effectively present information in one-on-one and group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
- General knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.

Salary Information
- Full Time; Non-Exempt role.
- Schedule: Monday through Friday - 9:00 am - 5:30 pm EST.
- Pay Cycle: Weekly.
- Hourly pay rate - per hour ( per hour if Spanish Bi-lingual - read, write, speak).
- Medical and dental benefits, paid holidays, paid time off, and 401K are offered.

Equal Opportunity Statement
An Equal Opportunity Employer. The law firm does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is the intention that all qualified applicants are given equal opportunity and that selection decisions are based on job-related factors.

Jun 12, 2025
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