Legal Assistant

Responsibilities

• Manage office correspondence, including answering phone calls and emails, arranging meetings and travel, and ensuring the legal team is aware of upcoming deadlines.
• Assist with preparing legal documents and contracts.
• Perform any other tasks as needed to ensure the firm operates efficiently.

Requirements

• Think in terms of workflows, deadlines, and calendared tasks.
• See an opportunity for the organization, where others tolerate a mess.
• Understand that sometimes it's okay to leave a message, but also know when persistence is necessary.
• Smile when answering the phone.
• Be an amazing scheduler.
• Be very good with calendars, e-mail, spreadsheets, word processing, and the internet.
• Be an awesome juggler of tasks and able to change gears quickly.
• Embrace innovation and the use of technology to make jobs easier.
• Be proficient with Word and basic case management.
• Respect the firm's policies and procedures and speak up with ideas to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• Be able to change gears quickly, think on one's feet, and make smart decisions.
• Be detail-oriented and willing to go the extra mile to ensure work is done right the first time.
• Practice empathy and compassion in the family law field, understanding that clients are going through tough times.
• Be a team player, working collaboratively with other staff members and scheduling work around internal and client deadlines.

About the Role

The Edwards Law Group is a woman-owned, minority-led, LGBTQIA+ family law firm in the Atlanta metro area. We welcome all people without judgment and aim to help them reach their happy place. We bring integrity, empathy, and curiosity to every case and to every person on our team. We are scaling, offering both a strong foundation and exciting growth opportunities. If you want to help shape a human, high-performing firm and build something that defines the future of family law in Georgia, this is your seat at the table.

Pay

$40,000 - $45,000/year