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About the Role
Modern Family Law, a rapidly expanding national law firm specializing in Family Law, is seeking a hybrid Family Law Paralegal to join our Austin, TX office. This position plays a critical role in helping us maintain excellence in client service by balancing legal expertise, client advocacy, and collaboration. This is a fantastic opportunity to work on important cases in an exciting, fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Handle a variety of family law cases, including divorce, child custody, and property division.
- Thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment while managing multiple competing responsibilities.
- Demonstrate exceptional attention to detail and outstanding communication skills in both written and verbal interactions.
- Work collaboratively with attorneys and support staff, ensuring collective success and efficiency in case management.
Requirements
- Ability to interact professionally with clients, attorneys, and court staff.
- Demonstrated ability to manage a variety of family law cases while maintaining high-quality legal work.
- Skilled in e-filing with county court systems.
- High attention to detail and accuracy in preparing legal documents and filings.
- Ability to handle multiple cases simultaneously.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Collaborative mindset with a focus on teamwork and supporting collective success.
- Proactive problem-solver, with the ability to stay composed and organized when subject to tight deadlines.
- Minimum of 1-6 years of experience in family law preferred, but other legal experience will be considered.
- Exceptional writing skills, and proficiency in e-filing with county courts.
- Experience working with multiple attorneys in a law firm setting.
- Strong verbal communication skills, attention to detail, and organizational skills.
- All candidates and incumbents are expected to perform the duties as assigned so long as they can meet the expectations set forth with or without reasonable accommodations. Should a candidate or incumbent require accommodation, they need to advise the Director of People & Culture in advance.
Skills
- Family Law
- Client Service
- Legal Expertise
- Client Advocacy
- Collaboration
- Divorce
- Child Custody
- Property Division
- Attention to Detail
- Communication Skills
- Teamwork
- E-filing
- Problem-Solving
- Organization
Location
- Austin, TX
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Remote First
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 1-6 years of experience in family law preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $28 - $32 hourly + commission
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings Account
- Short term disability
- Long term disability
- Dental insurance
- Vision care
- Life insurance
- 401(k) Retirement
- Vacation
- Sick time
- Employee assistance program
- Voluntary accident insurance
- Voluntary life
- Voluntary disability
- Voluntary long-term care
- Voluntary critical illness and cancer insurance
- Pet insurance
- Commuter and transit benefit programs
About the Company
- Modern Family Law is a rapidly expanding national law firm specializing in Family Law.