Paralegal - Legal Secretary

at  Edens Law Group LLC

Are you a skilled paralegal with a passion for helping people and expertly juggling priorities in a fast-paced environment? Edens Law Group is seeking a detail-oriented, highly organized, and creative problem solver to join our family law team. As our paralegal, you’ll play a key role in preparing legal documents, filing motions, and using legal software with precision. If this sounds like the perfect role for you, apply below!Responsibilities:

• Help lawyers prepare for trial by preparing and organizing exhibits, assisting with client meetings, filing motions, conducting research on legal articles, and organizing and coordinating witnesses
• Organize our case filing systems to ensure all documents are properly sorted and easy to locate, and other administrative duties as needed
• Conduct interviews with clients to gather information about their legal issues
• Assist lawyers in preparing legal documentation, pleadings, and correspondence including correspondence such as interrogatories, subpoenas, deposition notices, complaints, pretrial orders, legal briefs, and affidavits

Excel at communicating with court personnel, and adversaries and filing documents online through the Judiciary court system. Precision with calendaring and juggling dates with multiple parties professionally.Qualifications:

• Candidates should possess high-level organizational skills, and time-management skills
• Must have strong interpersonal skills and talent for writing and grammar
• 3+ years of legal service experience under an attorney or lawyer in a law firm setting
• Strong preference for candidates who have completed a paralegal professional certification or have an advanced paralegal education

About Company
Edens Law Group has been serving Chester, New Jersey since 1994. With decades of experience, we have unique insight into the needs specific to our clients in Central and Northern New Jersey. We are a boutique firm that focuses exclusively on family law matters. Above all, we know nothing is as important as family. Your issues are our issues.
We recognize that hiring an attorney is an intimidating prospect for most people. That is why we work with our clients every step of the way to keep them informed. Each client’s situation, plans, and goals are our top priorities from the very beginning of a case. The fact that many of our former and current clients refer their friends and loved ones to our firm is a testament to our dedication, professionalism, and success rate.

• Help lawyers prepare for trial by preparing and organizing exhibits, assisting with client meetings, filing motions, conducting research on legal articles, and organizing and coordinating witnesses
• Organize our case filing systems to ensure all documents are properly sorted and easy to locate, and other administrative duties as needed
• Conduct interviews with clients to gather information about their legal issues
• Assist lawyers in preparing legal documentation, pleadings, and correspondence including correspondence such as interrogatories, subpoenas, deposition notices, complaints, pretrial orders, legal briefs, and affidavit