Family Law Paralegal
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Beacon Hill is looking for a Family Law Paralegal for a law firm in downtown Chicago! If interested and qualified, please apply.
Job Description:
- Able to communicate clearly with clients about discovery
- Keep track of and on top of all discovery deadlines – sending email reminders to both clients and attorneys when needed
- Handle discovery for a minimum of 45 files
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point
- Review personal tax returns and pull pertinent information for compiling of income summary
- Review asset/liability documents and compile detailed balance sheet
- Utilize Family Law Software to calculate taxes for income on Financial Affidavits
- Compile production index of documents produced and determine the documents that are missing
- Extract necessary information from production index for drafting of detailed SCR 201(k) letter to opposing counsel
- Draft basic pleadings (i.e., Petition for Dissolution of Marriage, Petition for Temporary Support, Motion to Compel)
- Draft and Respond to all Discovery Requests (Request for Production of Documents, Matrimonial Interrogatories and Witness Disclosures)
- Recognize and read various asset/liability documents (i.e., bank account, brokerage account, retirement account, credit card statements, etc.).
- Download, organize, scan, save and re-name discovery documents electronically
- Timely Compile Dissipation Claims
- Determine the exhibits needed and prepare exhibits and exhibit lists for Trial
- Assemble Balance Sheet, Income and Dissipation Notebooks for Trial
- Compile Marital Settlement Agreements and Settlement Distribution Charts
- Trace Monies throughout parties’ accounts
- Determine classification of assets as marital or non-marital and provide underlying documents proving same
- Able to work independently and proficiently
- Run a file – knowing what the next step is on a file without being told what to do by the attorneys
- Communicate with attorneys the status of discovery on each file
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