Paralegal - part-time

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Conducts legal research and analysis on issues and questions of law using Westlaw and the internet, conducts factual and other research using the internet;
• Reads, interprets, and applies legal authority including but not limited to Rules Regulating the Florida Bar, statutes, judicial decisions, and regulations to TFB case file facts;
• Drafts law office memoranda;
• Drafts cease and desist affidavits and letters of advisement citing to applicable legal authority;
• Drafts litigation recommendations, petitions for injunctive relief, petitions for indirect criminal contempt, motions, memoranda of law, discovery requests, witness affidavits, agreements, proposed orders, and other legal documents as assigned;
• Receives, reviews, and analyzes incoming answers and responses to discovery requests, organizes discovery documents;
• Calendars and tracks litigation cases;
• Identifies potential witnesses for trial;
• Interviews witnesses and prepares memoranda;
• Reviews sworn testimony transcripts and identifies relevant testimony;
• Prepares witnesses for court appearances;
• Prepares and organizes trial exhibits;
• Affords assistance to bar counsel at trial;
• Drafts subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum for selected cases at circuit committee level;
• Reviews and analyzes subpoenaed documents and identifies materials that may be relevant to case;
• Drafts questions for Respondents appearance before UPL circuit committee; determines and prepares exhibits to accompany questions;
• Affords assistance in compiling response to public records requests;
• Reviews and analyzes TFB case file information to provide assistance to bar counsel regarding legal questions, or case strategy; identifies legal issues and adequacy of evidence or documentation;
• Assigns clerical work to legal secretary to support paralegal duties as needed; assists in clerical and secretarial work when necessary;
• Communicates with internal and external contacts and/or entities, such as government entities, to obtain or furnish information.

Knowledge

• The Rules Regulating the Florida Bar
• Florida Rules of Court
• Legal terminology and the judicial process
• Legal Research techniques and drafting of pleadings
• Adobe Acrobat

Skills

• Legal writing
• Legal and analytical communication, both oral and written
• Correct spelling, punctuation and grammar usage
• MS Word and other computer software
• Database input
• Information gathering
• Analyzing both issues of fact and issues of law
• Internet and Westlaw research

Abilities

• Communicate effectively and professionally, both verbally and in writing
• Think logically and effectively problem solve
• Use initiative and discretion in completing assignments with minimum supervision
• Interpret TFB policies and procedures
• Multi task with ability to organize and prioritize work
• Pay attention to detail
• Manage and maintain a high level of confidentiality
• Create ADA compliant forms and documents using Adobe