Bilingual Family Law Paralegal

MLG • Fort Lauderdale, FL

4d • $65,000 - $119,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Mayersohn Law Group, P.A. is hiring an experienced Bilingual Family Law Paralegal to support our growing Family Law practice in Fort Lauderdale. This is an onsite role for a highly organized, client-centered paralegal with hands-on Florida family law experience and fluent Spanish communication skills. You will work closely with attorneys and clients on divorce, paternity, timesharing/custody, child support, alimony, financial-disclosure, and related family-law matters. The right candidate is proactive, dependable, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing a busy caseload with minimal supervision. You must be able to communicate with empathy while maintaining firm deadlines, accurate documentation, confidentiality, and a high standard of client service.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of hands-on Florida family law paralegal experience.
• Fluent Spanish and English communication skills, written and verbal.
• Experience supporting divorce/dissolution, custody or timesharing, paternity, child support, alimony, and/or 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.

Nice To Haves

• Certificate or degree from an ABA-approved paralegal program.
• Experience using Clio, Family Law Software, e-filing platforms, and legal-research tools.
• Experience preparing Florida financial affidavits, mandatory disclosures, child-support-related documents, or parenting-plan materials.
• Experience supporting attorneys during hearings, mediations, depositions, and trial.
• Bachelor's degree or paralegal certification.

Responsibilities

• Draft, prepare, revise, and organize family law pleadings, motions, notices, discovery, subpoenas, correspondence, and related legal documents.
• Assist with matters involving 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 supporting materials are complete, accurate, 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 English- and Spanish-speaking 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.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) participation
• 10 days of PTO, plus paid holidays
• Ongoing training and professional development
• Opportunity to work directly with experienced litigators on meaningful family-law matters

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree