Job Description

• Provide comprehensive, dedicated paralegal support to one Family Law attorney throughout all phases of family law matters.
• Manage and coordinate the Family Law staff team, establishing priorities, delegating work, monitoring assignments, and ensuring deadlines and service expectations are met.
• Serve as a resource and leader to Family Law staff, providing guidance, mentoring, support, and accountability while promoting effective collaboration across the team.
• Support matters involving divorce, custody, child support, spousal support, equitable distribution, contempt actions, domestic violence matters, and post-judgment proceedings.
• Draft, review, and finalize pleadings, motions, discovery requests and responses, subpoenas, financial affidavits, settlement agreements, correspondence, and other legal documents.
• Prepare and electronically file pleadings and ensure compliance with applicable court rules, procedures, and deadlines.
• Manage attorney calendars, court dates, discovery deadlines, mediation schedules, and case timelines.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for clients, providing compassionate, professional communication and regular case updates.
• Review, organize, and summarize financial records, tax returns, bank statements, business records, and other documents relevant to family law matters.
• Coordinate discovery, document production, subpoenas, depositions, and expert witnesses.
• Prepare hearing notebooks, trial binders, exhibits, witness files, and mediation materials.
• Maintain organized electronic case files and ensure accurate and timely documentation.
• Monitor case progress, proactively identify outstanding tasks, and ensure matters continue moving efficiently.
• Work collaboratively with attorneys, opposing counsel, court personnel, mediators, experts, clients, and internal staff.
• Accurately record billable time and assist with case management and administrative responsibilities as needed.

• Minimum of  3 years of substantive family law paralegal experience, preferably in a litigation-focused practice; significantly more experience is strongly preferred for this leadership role (No Contract or temporary work experience).
• Extensive hands-on experience handling family law matters from inception through resolution.
• Prior experience  leading, managing, mentoring, supervising, or coordinating paralegals or legal support staff is highly desirable
• Strong and stable employment history highly preferred, demonstrating increasing responsibility, reliability, and professional growth.
• Exceptional drafting, proofreading, organizational, and case management skills.
• Strong knowledge of discovery procedures, court filings, and litigation support.
• Ability to manage multiple active cases and competing priorities while simultaneously overseeing and supporting the work of others.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• High degree of professionalism, discretion, accountability, and client service.
• Ability to work independently and remain highly productive and responsive in a fully remote environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and legal case management software.
• Ability and willingness to  travel to Washington, DC approximately once per quarter

• Full-time, fully remote position
• Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–6:00 PM Eastern Time
• Candidates may be located anywhere within the United States.
• Quarterly travel to Washington, DC is required.
• We are seeking someone who can begin as soon as possible.