Senior Family Law Paralegal / Case Manager
Remote | U.S.-Based Family Law Firm
About the Role
A growing U.S.-based Family Law firm is seeking an experienced Senior Family Law Paralegal / Case Manager to take meaningful ownership of complex Florida family law matters.
This is a senior-level role for a legal professional who goes beyond completing assigned tasks. The ideal candidate understands the full picture of each case, anticipates attorney needs, identifies potential issues, manages deadlines proactively, and helps move cases forward with strong judgment and initiative.
You will work directly with experienced attorneys and play an important role in case preparation, discovery, financial analysis, client communication, and the continued development of internal workflows and processes.
Key Responsibilities
Case Management & Attorney Support
- Maintain a comprehensive understanding of assigned cases, including facts, procedural status, discovery, financial matters, deadlines, and outstanding needs.
- Proactively monitor cases and identify missing information, upcoming deadlines, and potential issues.
- Prepare attorneys for mediations, hearings, depositions, and trials.
- Create case chronologies, issue summaries, discovery summaries, financial summaries, exhibit lists, and supporting materials.
- Track cases from intake through resolution and ensure important deadlines and tasks are not overlooked.
Legal Document Preparation
- Draft and prepare initial filings, pleadings, motions, notices, and other court documents.
- Prepare and review financial affidavits and supporting documentation.
- Assist with marital settlement agreements, parenting plans, and settlement-related documents.
- Draft discovery requests, responses, subpoenas, deficiency correspondence, and related materials.
- Review documents for accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
Financial & Discovery Review
- Review financial affidavits, income documentation, expenses, assets, liabilities, bank records, and opposing-party disclosures.
- Identify inconsistencies, omissions, unusual transactions, incomplete responses, and unexplained financial information.
- Track outstanding discovery and document requests.
- Recommend additional discovery or follow-up when information is incomplete or raises concerns.
- Organize complex financial information so attorneys can quickly understand each party’s financial position.
Florida Family Law & E-Filing
- Prepare and submit documents through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal.
- Monitor filing acceptances, rejected filings, service requirements, and procedural follow-up.
- Schedule hearings using applicable Florida county scheduling systems.
- Navigate county-specific procedures, court divisions, local administrative requirements, and judicial preferences.
- Maintain accurate and organized electronic case files.
Client & Professional Communication
- Communicate professionally and compassionately with clients throughout sensitive family law matters.
- Follow up regarding required documents, outstanding information, deadlines, and case updates.
- Communicate with attorneys, opposing counsel, court personnel, experts, process servers, and other legal professionals.
- Recognize issues that require immediate attorney attention.
- Handle confidential personal and financial information with discretion.
Technology & Workflow
- Maintain accurate information in case-management and document-management systems.
- Work efficiently with digital files, shared drives, electronic filing platforms, and legal technology.
- Use Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and related applications confidently.
- Help improve internal procedures, templates, checklists, and case-management workflows.
- Support the development and training of additional legal support team members as the practice grows.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of hands-on Florida Family Law paralegal experience.
- Experience independently managing or taking significant ownership of family law cases.
- Strong knowledge of Florida family law procedures and documentation.
- Experience drafting pleadings, motions, financial affidavits, discovery, parenting plans, and settlement-related documents.
- Strong experience reviewing financial disclosures and identifying inconsistencies or missing information.
- Experience preparing attorneys for mediations, hearings, depositions, and/or trials.
- Hands-on experience with the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal.
- Experience with Florida county-specific filing and hearing scheduling procedures.
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
- Excellent organization, attention to detail, judgment, and deadline management.
- Ability to work independently in a remote environment while maintaining strong communication.
- Ability to manage multiple active cases and competing priorities.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Clio.
- Experience with SharePoint.
- Experience creating or improving legal procedures, templates, workflows, and checklists.
- Previous experience training, mentoring, or supervising paralegals or legal support professionals.
- Experience working in a growing U.S. law firm where initiative and independent judgment are highly valued.
Ideal Candidate
You are proactive, detail-oriented, and confident taking ownership of your cases. You do not wait to be told what needs attention; you review the file, understand the objective, identify what is missing, and communicate clear recommendations to the attorney.
You are comfortable working independently while remaining collaborative and responsive. You understand that Family Law requires both strong technical skills and emotional intelligence, and you can communicate professionally and compassionately with clients experiencing difficult personal situations.
Why Join This Opportunity?
- 100% Remote: Support an established U.S. Family Law practice from anywhere.
- Senior-Level Responsibility: Become deeply involved in case preparation and strategy, not just administrative tasks.
- Direct Attorney Interaction: Work closely with experienced attorneys and contribute meaningfully to case progress.
- Professional Growth: Help improve systems, workflows, and internal processes as the legal team expands.
- Long-Term Opportunity: Join a growing practice looking for an experienced professional who can become a key member of the team.
If you have strong Florida Family Law experience and are ready to take ownership of complex cases in a remote environment, we encourage you to apply.
