Experienced Florida Family Law Paralegal

Mayersohn Law Group, P.A.; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

$65,000–$90,000 annual base pay

Up to $119,00 with additionalincentive

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) participation

10 days PTO + holidays

Job summary

Mayersohn Law Group, P.A. is seeking an experienced Family Law Paralegal to support our growing practice in Fort Lauderdale.

This onsite role requires hands-on Florida family law experience and a client-centered approach to matters such as divorce, paternity, and timesharing. You will work closely with attorneys to draft pleadings, manage calendaring, filings, discovery, and financial disclosures while maintaining confidentiality and a high standard of client service.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of hands-on Florida family law paralegal experience.
• Experience supporting divorce/dissolution, custody or timesharing, paternity, child support, alimony, and related family-law matters.
• Experience drafting family law documents and assisting with discovery, financial disclosures, case management, and hearing preparation.
• Strong working knowledge of Florida court filing procedures and family-law deadlines.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, legal case-management software, and document organization.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, time management, and follow-through.
• Ability to manage multiple active matters, shifting deadlines, and client needs in a fast-paced environment.
• Professionalism, reliability, discretion, and a strong client-service mindset.
• Ability to consistently meet billable-hour and productivity expectations.

Responsibilities

• Draft, prepare, revise, and organize family law pleadings, motions, notices, discovery, subpoenas, correspondence, and related legal documents.
• Assist with dissolution of marriage, paternity, parenting plans, timesharing, child support, alimony, modifications, enforcement, and other Florida family-law issues.
• Prepare and organize financial affidavits, mandatory disclosures, financial records, and supporting documentation.
• Assist with written discovery, including interrogatories, requests for production, subpoenas, discovery responses, and document collection.
• Maintain accurate case files, deadlines, task lists, hearing dates, and court-calendar information.
• Prepare documents for Florida e-filing and ensure filings, service, and materials are complete and timely.
• Coordinate service of process, subpoenas, document delivery, and follow-up with process servers, clients, opposing counsel, and court personnel as appropriate.
• Organize digital and physical files, discovery productions, exhibits, communications, and client records.
• Monitor deadlines and proactively identify outstanding documents, follow-up needs, and case-preparation requirements.
• Communicate with clients to collect documents, obtain case information, schedule appointments, and provide procedural updates.
• Help clients understand next steps, document requests, deadlines, and attorney instructions while maintaining appropriate paralegal boundaries.
• Provide responsive, professional, and compassionate service to clients navigating sensitive family-law matters.
• Maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment with sensitive financial, personal, and case-related information.
• Assist attorneys with preparation for hearings, mediations, depositions, and trial.
• Prepare hearing notebooks, exhibit lists, witness materials, timelines, document summaries, and other case-support materials.
• Coordinate with clients, witnesses, experts, and third parties as directed by the attorney.
• Use Clio, Family Law Software, Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and legal-research or document-management tools to support case progress.
• Meet established monthly billable-hour and performance expectations.

Skills

Florida family law

Paralegal experience

Microsoft Office

Google Workspace

Case-management software

Document organization

Education

ABA-approved paralegal program

Bachelor's degree

Paralegal certification

Tools

Clio

Family Law Software

E-filing platforms

Legal research tools

Job description

Mayersohn Law Group, P.A. is seeking an experienced Family Law Paralegal to support our growing practice in Fort Lauderdale.

This onsite role requires hands-on Florida family law experience and a client-centered approach to matters such as divorce, paternity, and timesharing. You will work closely with attorneys to draft pleadings, manage calendaring, filings, discovery, and financial disclosures while maintaining confidentiality and a high standard of client service.