Paralegal

Summary

Join Zirtual's Paralegal Division and become a vital member of our team, working independently with law firms as the main point of contact for your assigned clients. You will provide high-level professional services, managing tasks and projects to the highest quality standards. Consistent communication with clients and Account Supervisors is crucial, ensuring timely execution of tasks and adherence to best practices. Zirtual offers paralegals in every practice area and state, both transactional and litigation. Compensation is based on a 1099 independent contractor model, with rates varying depending on client needs and practice area. Zirtual does not guarantee hours or clients.

Requirements

• Conduct yourself in a professional manner at all times, cognizant of the nature of the business relationship and customer service expectations
• Be an exceptional communicator, allowing your clients to feel comfortable that deadlines are being met, clients are taken care of, and that they can trust your commitment to their firm
• Be organized and self-sufficient, able to self-manage your workload, prioritize tasks and meet or exceed deadlines
• Be technologically proficient, willing and able to navigate new case management systems and softwares depending on the firm
• Be detail oriented, ensuring all work product turned into the client is generally free from errors, especially minor “oversight” errors
• Be solution based, knowing when they need to leverage their resources to find the answers, while also knowing when it makes more sense to ask the client for guidance or more instruction
• Have a minimum of 3 years of experience handling paralegal work as outlined above (ideally a steady three years in your practice area(s))
• Have experience working remotely
• Have a home office set up, reliable computer, WiFi, phone
• Have extensive experience within case/transaction management and drafting softwares (practice area dependent)
• Have experience with standard office softwares, Microsoft 365 products, Google, etc
• Be available during business hours Monday-Friday, unless otherwise arranged based on specific client needs and tasks

Responsibilities

• Draft and review a variety of simple AND complex legal documents, pleadings, motions, and correspondence
• Organize, track, and respond to discovery requests and demands
• Review, analyze, and create summaries of records, depositions, research, etc
• Conduct legal research
• Review records, deadlines, and dockets
• Liaison with law firm clients, opposing counsel, government entities, courts, and third parties
• File with state and federal courts, and government entities. Internal file management
• Keep records, maintain files, monitor milestones, etc
• Support in trial and post-trial activities including trial briefs, organizing evidence and exhibits, drafting pre-trial and post-trial motions, jury instructions, etc
• Meet with attorneys and other law firm employees to discuss cases, deadlines, strategy, etc. Often meetings are conducted regularly
• Maintain your own internal conflict checking system
• Manage files and documents
• Provide organizational support
• Draft boilerplate documents such as notice of deposition, notice of representation, cover letters, etc
• EFile with state courts and local entities
• Coordinate with third parties, obtaining hearing or meeting dates, etc
• Perform basic client relationship management
• Request and gather forms, documents and basic information
• Manage email and calendar
• Create new matters in case management softwares
• Create exhibit charts and other organizational charts
• Coordinate signings, depositions, etc
• Attend meetings and take notes
• Perform additional standard virtual assistant-type work

Preferred Qualifications

Preferably work independently at least part-time

Benefits

• You will be compensated as a 1099 independent contractor
• When matched out of our preferred network, and depending on your practice area, you can expect to earn a minimum of $28 per hour for paralegal work
• You can expect to earn $20 per hour for legal assistant work
• Pay is dependent on client plan size, area of practice and need