Legal Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Do you want to make a career out of helping older people with one of the most important aspects of living? Then come join our bustling Shallotte elder law firm seeking a full-time Legal Assistant team member.

This is a unique opportunity for an industrious individual who is eager to learn a life-long skill towards a rewarding career as a legal assistant because the training will be hands-on and conducted by the very attorney who is owner of the firm. If you can bring your curiosity for learning, your strong grammatical and editing skills to the table, we will provide you with the legal/technical skills you need to become a force in your field.

Apply only if you have a strong drive to succeed, love to learn and implement what you’ve learned for your greater good as well as for the good of the very community you serve. Your day will fly by quickly, as this position has intense and on-going relational interactions with both prospective clients and established clients of the firm throughout the day.

This position requires a positive outlook and a genuine desire to help older adults. There is heavy client interaction, coordination, and tracking for successful progression through our proven client management system, and so you need to possess technological savvy and the ability to quickly pick up new software programs, if you don’t have prior training in those programs. Our ideal candidate has a built-in passion for top-notch customer service with a confident yet gracious and humble personality, who innately understands why we have two ears but only one mouth. You know the importance of listening with the ability to redirect and ask relevant questions with the goal of educating clients about their legal planning.

If you bring your energy, enthusiasm, positivity, desire to contribute, and the very best version of YOU every day to this position, we would be thrilled to make you a part of our amazing team!

Instructions, which must be strictly followed , are directly below. If you apply without the prerequisites, we will immediately discard your application.

1. Please reply with your resume and a cover letter about the facets of this position that interest you the most and why you think you are the perfect fit!

2. Provide 3 references, 2 of which are business/professional.

3. Review our website to familiarize yourself with our representation style, overall mission, and purpose

$18 - $20 hourly

• Direct report to the attorney
• Job duties include all facets of client support including legal document preparation, scanning, copying, organizing client communications, ensuring the attorney is prepared to serve the client efficiently and completely, ensuring a smooth client experience throughout the entire elder law estate planning process and general office support

• The candidate should be extremely proficient in Outlook for calendar and email with the ability to efficiently and effectively work within a heavily loaded calendar.
• Microsoft Office Suite experience preferred
• Zoom experience preferred
• Organized follow up and task completion
• High attention to detail
• Proof-reading and editing skills
• An Associate's degree, Bachelor's preferred
• Fast, but accurate, proficiencies
• Familiarity with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Refined telephone, interpersonal, and written communication skills,
• A solid work ethic
• Patience and empathy when dealing with all age ranges, but particularly older adults.
• Ability to prioritize with the ability to be constructively corrected, redirected and reprioritized, in the attorney’s discretion, as needed.
• Flexibility and composure under pressure
• Possess vehicle for Post Office deliveries, handling all aspects of off-site events, travel to Wilmington satellite office or courthouses as needed and other assignments as directed.

To join our team and to be a sustainable member, a positive attitude is a must. Bring solutions, not complaints.

We desire to only work with like-minded teammates who understand the energy behind positivity and gratitude .

Elder Law & Life Care Planning Center is one of the top 25% fastest-growing firms in the nation. We are "A practice with a purpose!"

Our practice is dedicated to older adults and their families in need of well-guided life care planning and advocacy in the areas of long-term care, asset protection, estate planning, Alzheimer’s planning, and geriatric care. We help families plan for life at the various stages of our collective human experience as we age. We only practice elder law, which makes us uniquely positioned to address the changing needs of people as they experience the expected and often unexpected phases of their lives.

Our Practice With Purpose strives to instill in clients a sense of control, comfort, and confidence in the way to live life now and with an ability to face an uncertain future with that same sense of control, comfort, and confidence.