Family Law Paralegals perform substantive billable legal work under the direction of one or more attorneys in the office. A Paralegal’s primary goal is to support our family law legal team with casework, including but not limited to legal research, financial analysis, drafting initial pleadings, and complex legal documents such as pretrial memos, financial statements, discovery, and orders. A Family Law Paralegal provides quality billable service to clients at a lower billable rate than an attorney, providing a benefit to the clients of the Firm.

• Communicate with clients, experts, and other parties to provide updates and gather information/evidence; answer basic questions about the status of the case.

• Log communications in the case management system.

• Manage and monitor case progress, deadlines, and important timeframes/milestones.

• Review, analyze, and summarize evidence.

• Draft documents including but not limited to financial statements, child support calculations, mediation statements, discovery requests, discovery responses, complex motions, orders following hearings, pre-trial memorandums, final orders, appeals, appendices, and any other documents requested by the attorney.

• Send approved documents to legal assistant for filing/mailing.

• Manage discovery: prepare and organize discovery and responses to discovery demands, including leading discovery meetings with clients and assisting the attorney with discovery disputes.

• Assist attorneys by proofreading and finalizing documents for filing.

• Review incoming mail and double-check events/deadlines.

• Provide direction and delegate tasks to the legal assistant; review documents prepared by the legal assistant

• Maintain records and information in our digital case management system.

• Research laws and judicial decisions about current as well as past cases

• Help attorneys prepare cases for events.

• Assist attorneys with interviews of witnesses.

• Assist the team in meeting all court-ordered deadlines.

• Attend monthly case status meetings.

• Record time entries, on a daily basis, as appropriate, as billable or non-billable in the case management system

• All other tasks requested by the attorney.

• A Paralegal shall have a high school diploma, but advanced training at a college or university and/or possession of a paralegal certificate is preferred.

• A Paralegal should have experience in a law firm. Experience as a legal secretary or legal assistant is especially pertinent, and candidates with this background will be given preference.

Klie Law Offices, PLLC, is a growing litigation firm dedicated to guiding clients through challenging times with honest and efficient service. We focus on family law, employment law, and personal injury, serving clients across West Virginia with offices in Buckhannon, Parkersburg, Clarksburg, Morgantown, and Canton, OH. Our commitment is to provide high-quality, ethical, and legal services and prioritize client satisfaction.

This isn’t a big firm where you’ll disappear behind the scenes.

This is a place where your work will matter to your team, clients, and your future.

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