Paralegal

Haug Barron Law Group; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Haug Barron Law Group in Atlanta, GA seeks a paralegal to support pre-litigation and litigation tasks, manage client communications, and draft pleadings and discovery. The team structure includes attorneys, intake and case initiation, and a discovery paralegal.

Ideal candidates have 1–2 years of paralegal experience, a GED or high school diploma, and strong communication skills. Some work-from-home days are offered after onboarding; on-site location is in the Dunwoody area.

Qualifications

• GED or High School Diploma; authorized to work in the United States.
• 1–2 years’ hands-on paralegal experience preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication across channels.
• Experience with a legal CRM preferred.
• Ability to manage 80–150 active cases.

Responsibilities

• Provide caring communication and consistent service to clients on pre-litigation and litigation procedures and case details.
• Manage direct correspondence with medical providers, legal services vendors, opposing counsel, court personnel and any professional party associated with the teams’ assigned cases.
• Open case claims and sending out appropriate documentation at case openings.
• Manage the team’s case calendar including scheduled calls, meetings, and any drafting pleadings, discovery, and other correspondence pertaining to active litigation proceedings.
• Manage filing for new and active litigation proceedings.
• Manage your client’s digital file during the litigation process along with any physical materials or evidence necessary for litigation proceedings.
• Manage and proactively conduct regular case list reviews to support strategic planning with the Attorney for your clients cases.

Skills

Client communication

Litigation support

Pleading drafting

Case management

Legal CRM experience

Education

GED or High School Diploma

Tools

Legal CRM

Document management system

Job description

We’re bringing in a new Paralegal to join one of our growing team!

Historically, our firm has welcomed paralegal hires who have just started out on their

professional journey and are looking to gain experience as well as those who bring a wealth of

experience with them from prior roles. We have had the privilege of working with a wide

variety of talented individuals who started with us from various levels of experience. Our firm

strives to support a candidate’s desire for growth and development regardless of their starting

position.

Role/Title: Paralegal

Starting Salary Range: 65k-75K

Team Structure: (1) Attorney Direct Report, an intake and case initiation team, shared

discovery paralegal, and settlement disbursement specialist.

Overview of the Responsibilities Assigned to this role:

Many of these responsibilities should be considered shared with the team.

Provide caring communication and consistent service to clients on pre-litigation and

litigation procedures and case details.

Manage direct correspondence with medical providers, legal services vendors,

opposing counsel, court personnel and any professional party associated with the

teams’ assigned cases.

Open case claims and sending out appropriate documentation at case openings.

Manage the team’s case calendar including scheduled calls, meetings, and any

Drafting pleadings, discovery, and other correspondence pertaining to active

litigation proceedings.

Manage filing for new and active litigation proceedings.

Manage your client’s digital file during the litigation process along with any physical

materials or evidence necessary for litigation proceedings.

Manage and proactively conduct regular case list reviews to support strategic

planning with the Attorney for your clients cases.

Preferred Skills, Experience, Credentials:

Highly Preferred - We are seeking a candidate with at least 1 or 2 years’ hands-on

experience with most, if not all the responsibilities detailed in the “responsibilities”

section above.

Highly Preferred – For a candidate to thrive in this role they will need strong and

practiced communication skills using multiple methods like, email, phone, text, and

standard data entry systems or legal case software. We will provide software

training for any candidate in this role, but experience with a legal CRM is preferred.

Highly Preferred - Experience in managing tasks and communication across at least

80-150 active cases.

Required - GED or Highschool Diploma, authorized to work in the United States.

The Company: Haug Barron Law Group is a place to grow in the legal profession and use your

skills and talents to provide the best client service experience.

The client experience and the best outcome for their specific matter is our priority.

Our firm leadership is engaged and always working to make the practice better for

our clients and our team members.

We believe every day is a chance to work smarter and better for and with each

other.

Our leadership puts family first and works to support our teams with healthy

boundaries, and clear expectations.

The Location: The Haug Barron Law Group is based in Atlanta, GA. Our primary office is located

just off GA 400 exit 6, approx. 20 minutes North of Buckhead Community. We are accessible via

Marta by train/bus and have diverse shopping, restaurants, and conveniences within a 5-mile

radius of this office. We enjoy being a part of the thriving community of Dunwoody, and our

close neighbors Sandy Springs, Roswell, and Alpharetta.

8237 Dunwoody Place

Bldg. 18

Atlanta, GA 30350

*All interested candidates for this role will please map their route/commute using your app of

choice in advance of interviewing. This role will offer some work from home days, but it is not

Homebased. Please also note that work from home days are NOT offered during the initial 90-

day probationary period.

Atlanta is renowned for its bi-polar traffic conditions and commuting in this city and

surrounding areas can be challenging. The last thing we want is for our team members to

become limited in their success with us because their commute is stressful to the point of

stealing motivation, impacting work hours and productivity.