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Paralegal Responsibilities

• Preparing affidavits, legal correspondence and other documents for attorneys.

• Organizing and maintaining documents in a paper or electronic filing system.

• Meeting with clients, attorneys, and other professionals to talk about case details.

• Filing pleadings with court clerk.

• Helping prepare for trial by organizing exhibits and assisting with other tasks as needed.

• Preparing briefs, wills, contracts, real estate closing statements, pleadings, appeals, and other legal documents.

• Investigating facts and laws of cases and searching public records and other resources to prepare cases and determine causes of action.

• Directing and coordinating law office activity, including delivery of subpoenas.

• Gathering and analyzing statutes, decisions, and legal articles, codes, documents and other data.

• Calling on witnesses to testify at hearings.

• Keeping law library up-to-date by monitoring legal volumes.

Paralegal Requirements

• Certificate of completion from an ABA-approved paralegal certification program of education and training, or an associate degree in paralegal studies.

• Associate degree.

• Proficient with Microsoft Office, specifically Outlook, Word, and Excel.

• Strong oral and written communication skills.

• Excellent organizational skills.

• Must be able to effectively multi-task, manage time-sensitive documents and have exceptional organizational skills in a fast-paced environment.

• Must be able to function effectively in a busy, team-oriented environment.

• Office administration experience.