Litigation Paralegal - Remote | WFH Job at Get It Recruit - Hospitality, Destin, Okaloosa County, FL

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  • Get It Recruit - Hospitality
  • Destin, Okaloosa County, FL

Job Description

**Job Title: Legal Support Specialist**

**About the Role:**

We are seeking a dedicated and skilled Legal Support Specialist to join our team. In this role, you will provide comprehensive support to our attorneys, ensuring the smooth operation of our legal processes. Your responsibilities will include conducting legal research, drafting legal documents, and managing various administrative tasks. We are looking for someone who is proficient in legal software, has a keen eye for detail, and can maintain a high level of professionalism.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Conduct thorough legal research and compile relevant information such as judicial decisions, statutes, and legal articles.
- Draft and edit correspondence, pleadings, complaints, subpoenas, and other legal documents.
- Utilize our firm's software, including document management systems, time and billing software, and Microsoft Office products.
- Perform electronic filing with the court system, adhering to established rules and procedures.
- Familiarize yourself with firm forms, legal formats, and online legal research sites.
- Conduct legal research using various resources, including libraries and computer data systems.
- Understand and follow firm policies and procedures for check processing, travel reimbursement, and marketing reimbursement requests.
- Review documents for accuracy, checking for errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, formatting, and legal citations.
- Manage the firm's telephone system, including handling incoming calls, transferring calls, and utilizing the conference calling system.
- Draft complaints, answers, discovery documents, affidavits, motions, and petitions.
- Organize and maintain trial notebooks, document indexes, and expert witness materials.
- Conduct research to locate cases, depositions, opinions, reports, and social media information.
- Utilize computerized litigation techniques and software.
- Maintain a calendar and deadline reminder system, and assist with scheduling meetings and depositions.
- Collaborate with administrative support staff and proofread documents returned from various departments or vendors.
- Ensure timely and accurate entry of time sheets into the time and billing system.

**Working Conditions:**

You will work in a normal first-class law office environment. This position offers flexibility with options for remote, hybrid, or in-office work.

**Requirements:**

- Proficiency in reading and writing to proofread and edit law office correspondence and legal documents.
- Approximately 3-5 years of paralegal experience to understand law office policies and procedures.
- Ability to organize tasks, prioritize, and meet deadlines.
- Strong proofreading skills to catch grammatical, typographical, and spelling errors.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with clients, attorneys, and staff.
- Ability to work extended hours when necessary.

**Physical Needs:**

The role requires prolonged sitting, occasional bending, stooping, stretching, and the ability to operate office equipment. May also require climbing stairs, ladders, or scaffolding and lifting up to 30 lbs.

**Equal Employment Opportunity:**

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of age, gender, race, religion, disability, national origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

Feel free to adjust any details to better fit your needs!
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: $ 24.00 35.00 Per Hour

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Full time,

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