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Good Morning, 0ur firm in Ellicott CIty, Maryland is seeking a dynamic Family Paralegal. Those of you attorneys working in this area of law, know how beneficial a paralegal is to the work environment and for your own productivity. We want someone who has some experience but at the very least who can analyze financial statements and discovery, draft. We are seeking an intelligent, friendly, good person who is looking for a work home. My email is gsiegel@siegellaw.net to send your resume.
Family Law Software? Pros and cons?
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I’m a family lawyer and I have no idea what your acronyms stand for. Also getting a book of business is very difficult
Maybe it’s state-specific? I learned these acronyms in my first week. DGAF is not a family-law specific acronym.
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If your firm has a server use others’ court filings as templates. Family law can be really repetitive and you’ll probably be filing similar pleadings, motions, etc. over and over again. Get familiar with the statutes you’ll need to use regarding custody, child support, alimony, and property division, as well as the procedural court rules. Take some CLEs if they’re available. Once you have the basics down you should be good to go.
If you’re going solo, make sure you have a good grasp on trust fund management and billing practices. Price out your malpractice coverage too. You need that stuff locked in before you can really launch. Plus, the business has to be there obviously
Regardless of how you learn the practice, do you have a book of business that can sustain your overhead, any support staff, plus your salary? If not, then no, you won’t be able to go solo in a year
Just some more color — I have a friend who’s also in family law and we speak foreign languages that’s used by the majority of the population where we reside. We’ve been cracking into that immigrant population because we don’t see a lot of competent family law attorneys that also speak the language. Word to mouth is key in any immigrant community, so the thought is that we’ll start off with a few cases and take it from there. Also, don’t see why you necessarily need a book of business to make solo practice work.
This is a good point, the immigrant/family law niche has been a good source of work for small firms in my area as well. It can add a lot of extra cost both to firm and to clients if you can’t overcome the language barrier in house, though