Family Law Paralegal

Avalos Family Trial Attorneys; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

CLE reimbursement

Lodging for Advanced Family Law in San

TBLS and association dues reimbursed

Job summary

Avalos Family Trial Attorneys in Houston seeks an experienced family-law paralegal to run case files with autonomy and support attorneys with comprehensive drafting, trial prep, and client updates.

In this role you will manage your own caseload, draft motions and decrees, and coordinate with a team of paralegals. In-person work Monday–Friday, with opportunities for board certification and professional development.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in family law, with focus on drafting motions, decrees, discovery, and trial materials.
• Able to meet billable hour requirements in a high-volume family-law setting.
• Strong drafting abilities for decrees, motions, discovery, and agreed orders.
• Experience with trial preparation, hearings, mediations, and final trials in Texas family law.
• High comfort with technology and legal software (Clio Manage/Grow, Monday, Dropbox).
• Board certification or progress toward it is a real plus.
• Spanish language skills are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Draft motions, decrees, agreed orders, discovery, and trial materials.
• Manage own caseload alongside the attorneys you support.
• Own client communication on case updates and document collection.
• Run trial prep: exhibits, witness lists, demonstratives, binders.
• Handle filings (e-file, hand-file, county-specific quirks) without oversight.
• Work with a team of experienced paralegals and path toward board certification.
• Autonomy on case logistics with a managed caseload.

Skills

Legal drafting

Case management

Client communication

Tools

Clio Manage

Clio Grow

Monday

Dropbox

Job description

Strong family law paralegals can run a case file better than half the attorneys they support. If that's you, and you've built your career in family law because the work matters to you, keep reading.

Many firms will never give you the title, the autonomy, or the pay that matches what you actually do all day. This one will.

AFTA is a Texas family law firm with offices in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and Austin. Our founder, Gianni Avalos, started her own career as a family law paralegal before building AFTA and creating Single Mom Attorney, one of the largest legal-education platforms for women navigating family law. More than 90% of our clients find us there, so they arrive already understanding our approach and ready to work. That means less hand-holding and more real work, for our attorneys and for the paralegals who run cases beside them.

Here, paralegals are not glorified secretaries. The person who built this firm has done your job, so she knows exactly how much skill and judgment it takes. That's why paralegals here are the operational and substantive backbone of every case, and are hired, paid, and trusted accordingly. If you've spent years being the most capable person in the room without the title to match, this is the room you've been working toward.

THE WORK

• Draft motions, decrees, agreed orders, discovery, special provisions, and trial materials
• Manage your own caseload alongside the attorneys you support
• Own client communication on case updates, document collection, and prep
• Run trial prep: exhibits, witness lists, demonstratives, binders
• Handle filings (e-file, hand-file, county-specific quirks) without anyone looking over your shoulder
• Work beside a team of qualified paralegals, board-certified colleagues among them. Working toward board certification yourself? This is the team to do it with.
• Real autonomy on case logistics, with a managed caseload that lets the quality of your work actually show

THE NUMBERS

• $70,000 to $115,000 base depending on experience
• Quarterly performance bonus and year-end bonus
• 401(k) with company match
• CLE reimbursement plus lodging for Advanced Family Law in San Antonio (BCP)
• Annual TBLS and association dues reimbursed (BCP)
• Monday through Friday IN-PERSON

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

• 5+ years in family law, and family law specifically. We hire people who've made this their craft, not a stop along the way.
• able to meet a billable hour requirement
• Strong drafting: decrees, motions, discovery, agreed orders
• Trial prep experience: hearings, mediations, final trials
• Substantive Texas family law knowledge: SAPCRs, modifications, enforcement, divorce, property division
• Tech adaptability. We run Clio Manage, Clio Grow, Monday, Dropbox, and more.
• Board certification, or actively working toward it, is a real plus
• Genuine care for clients and a heart for the mission
• Steadiness in high-conflict cases
• Bilingual Spanish a plus

THIS POSITION IS IN PERSON

More about the firm: https://www.avalosfamilytrial.com/careers