Paralegal

Overview

Are you a detail-driven paralegal who keeps cases moving and attorneys focused on high-value work? Can you bring order to busy calendars and shifting priorities without letting deadlines slip? Do you write clearly and concisely, producing drafts that make attorney review straightforward? Are you comfortable turning scattered information into organized, usable case files? Is your communication steady and professional with clients, courts, and colleagues—whether by email, phone, or in person?

Final question: when faced with a challenge, do you get excited or run away?

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RECRUITERS DO NOT CONTACT

• Legal Drafting & Filings
• Draft motions, pleadings, briefs, and correspondence (often filing-ready with minimal revision).
• E-file and submit courtesy copies in accordance with Tennessee court rules and local procedures.
• Own deadline management and court calendars; schedule hearings, depositions, client meetings, and appearances.
• Maintain complete, audit-ready files (including representation agreements); track tasks in Filevine (or similar).
• Discovery & Case Analysis
• Organize and analyze discovery into attorney-ready work product.
• Review and summarize depositions/testimony; prepare deposition kits and materials.
• Research & Trial Support
• Conduct targeted research (Westlaw/Lexis or similar) to support strategy and motion practice.
• Prepare exhibits, witness lists, subpoenas; build trial binders and ensure courtroom materials are ready.
• Communicate professionally with clients, witnesses, experts, and court staff; manage logistics and updates.
• Provide front-of-house support (phone presence, intake/screening) as needed.
• Payments & Collections
• Set up and manage payment plans, track balances, follow up on past-due accounts, and maintain records.
• Office Operations & Process Improvement
• Be on-site to receive mail/deliveries, accept in-person payments, and coordinate vendors.
• Help create SOPs and lightweight performance/evaluation processes as the firm scales.
• Future Growth
• Opportunity to mentor/train future hires and evolve into senior/lead paralegal or office manager as the team expands.

• Experience & Background: 2–3+ years as a paralegal (criminal/family strongly preferred); comfortable in a small-firm environment handling both paralegal and office-ops duties.
• Drafting & Written Advocacy: Delivers motions/briefs/pleadings that are often filing-ready with minimal revision; formats to local rules and reduces attorney edit time.
• Discovery & File Mastery: Organizes/analyzes discovery like an attorney; builds usable, attorney-ready files; prepares depo kits; keeps representation and other documentation complete and audit-ready.
• Calendaring & Court Procedure: Owns deadlines and court calendars end-to-end; schedules hearings/depositions; handles Tennessee e-filing and local procedures (or ramps quickly with little oversight).
• Payments & Office Operations: Sets up/manages payment plans, tracks balances, and follows up; receives in-person payments; manages mail/deliveries/vendors; maintains a professional front-of-house.
• Communication, Initiative & Reliability: Proactive and self-directed; communicates crisply with attorneys, clients, courts, and vendors; thrives in a culture of grace with boundaries; confidently handles intake by phone.
• Tools & Technical Proficiency: Filevine (or comparable case-management), calendar tools, MS Office/Google Workspace; phone systems; targeted legal research as needed.

• Build from day one: Be the firm’s cornerstone paralegal—shape systems, write simple SOPs, and help stand up lightweight performance/evaluation processes.
• High-impact ownership: Draft filing-ready motions/briefs, run calendars and deadlines, and keep attorneys focused on the highest-value work.
• Cross-practice exposure: Work across criminal and family (plus some civil), touching discovery, depositions, and trial prep—real variety, real learning.
• Mentorship & fast feedback: Collaborate directly with two litigators for quick iterations that sharpen your writing,…