Description:

Law Firm Seeking Experienced Associate for Family Law

Do You Want to Be Part of An Amazing Team with Growth Opportunities All While Helping Families, Parents, and Children Navigate Their Legal Problems?

We Are an Entrepreneurial Family and Marital Law Firm that Is on Track for Aggressive Growth and We Need an Associate to Join Our Team and Work Directly with The Owners and Attorneys to Support the Team and Help Our Clients.

We Want to Be Known for Helping Our Clients Come out Of an Extremely Emotional Process Feeling as Though They Are a Better Person, in A Better Position, and That They Had a Team Behind Them that Really Cared and Fought for Them.

We Are Looking for An at Least 5 Year Experienced Family Law Associate Who Has a Passion for Family Law and Has Experience Handling Matrimonial and Custody Matters. We Help Families Navigate the Tumultuous Waters of Their Legal Issues and Help Them Rebuild Their Happy Homes. We're Looking for An Attorney Who Can Hit the Ground Running to Give Our Clients Outstanding Representation. You Need to Have Compassion and The Ability to Build Relationships with Your Clients and You Must Already Know Your Way Around a Courtroom.

The Job:

Our Firm Exclusively Practices Family Law (divorce, Prenups, Postnups, Visitation, Paternity, Relocation, Alimony, Child Support, Adoptions,
Demonstrate Experience in Taking Ownership of A Client's Case – Discovery, Pleadings, Motions; Collaboration and Mediation; Pretrial Hearings, Motion Hearings, and Trials
Conduct Client Meetings and Recommend Strategies
Delegate Work to Paralegals and Legal Assistants and Monitor Their Work

This Position Will Be Responsible for Important Work, Including:

Managing All the Files Assigned to You
Drafts Legal Documents Including Correspondence, Pleadings and Motions, Answers, Petitions, Affidavits, Interrogatories, and Any Another Necessary Document of Assigned Cases.
Attend Hearings for Motions and Pleadings, Answers, Evidence, and Notices According to Judicial Procedures.
Keep Statutory Time of All Case Filings and Date Statutorily Required to Respond.
Timely Respond to All Discovery, Motions, Pleadings, Interrogatories, Requests for Productions, and Such.
Communicates with Opposing Counsel, Opposing Party, and Clients During an Ongoing Case to Gather Information, Respond to Communications, and Respond to Requests.
Perform Investigations to Fact-Check Information for Cases by Searching Through Public Records and Other Resources Provided by Clients and Or Government Websites, Etc.
Researches and Analyzes Statutes, Regulations, Legal Articles, Judicial Decisions, and Other Legal Sources; Provides Written Analysis to Attorneys.
Gathering Discovery from Client and Opposing Counsel/party.
Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, Clio, Westlaw Form Builder, Fastcase, E-Filing, and Courtmap.

If the Statements Below Appeal to You, Then You May Be Our Next Entry Level Attorney!

You Are an Organized and Responsible Person with Amazing Work Eithic
You Smile when You Answer the Phone
You Are an Amazing Scheduler with A Sickening Degree of Attention to Detail
You Are Very Good with Calendars, E-Mail, Spreadsheets, Word Processing, and The Internet
Your Middle Name Is “no Drama”
You Are an Awesome Juggler of Tasks and Can Change Gears Quickly - You Do Not Think Scanning and Copying Are “beneath You”

We Love to Help People Learn and Grow. but We Don't Have the Time for That Right Now. We Need an Associate with Experience in Family and Marital Law. the Ideal Candidate Will Be Able to Take Initiative on Work that Needs to Be Done and Complete Tasks with Minimal Hand Holding.

The Essentials:

We Need an Attorney Who Can Contribute to Developing the Strategy of A Case and Who Knows Where to Find the Rules of Procedure to Back up That Case Strategy.
We Need an Attorney Who Knows how To Find Your Way Around the Courtroom and How to Project Confidence and Competence when Dealing with People on Behalf of Our Clients.
If You See a “case File” as More than Paper – but As an Opportunity to Help Someone Build a New Life, You'll Like the Way We Think.
Skills and Experience Are Important and Valued, but Your Personality, Character, Intelligence, and Integrity Are Also Extremely Important Considerations.
If We Can't Count on You to Show up In Court on Time, Don't Apply.
High-Maintenance, Humorless, Self-Entitled, or Self-Important Individuals Will Not Succeed in Our Firm and Need Not Apply.
We Are Growing, and You Will Be Called upon To Wear Many Hats. We Need Someone Who Does Not Think that The Occasional Need to Scan Your Own Documents Is “beneath You."

We Have Cultivated an Amazing Team and Our Business Culture. We Are Fiercely Protective of Both. This Will Probably Be an Interesting Interview Process for You – We Are Interested in Vetting Both Your Skill Set and The Habits, Behaviors, and Attitudes that Make You a High-Performer Who Will Add Value to Our Team and Love Working Here.