Virtual Legal Assistant / Paralegal

Virtual Legal Assistant / Paralegal – 9AM to 5PM EST Required

Barrett & Farahany is a boutique Employment Law firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Our teaUpgrade to see actual infombers are driven, they work smart, they focus on outcomes and we grow! For more than 26 years, we have worked to preserve the rights of working people, and we are dedicated to making sure their voices are heard and their employment issues are addressed. Simply put: We empower employees in the workplace and beyond!

Our Virtual Legal Assistant/Paralegal team is stronger than ever, and we are currently looking to add additional staff to support our growing team of attorneys. The ideal candidate will be a fast learner, a self-starter, and will be very detail-oriented.

Necessary Experience: we are looking for candidates with remote paralegal or legal assistant experience with a US-based firm. We will provide all the training you need specific to our firm’s processes and systems. We are a very tech-forward firm so it is imperative that all candidates are comfortable with learning new technologies and actively utilizing those tools in their day-to-day.

Nice to Have: although not required for the role, experience as an attorney in the Philippines or possession of a Juris Doctor degree or Bachelor of Laws is a definite plus.


Responsibilities Include:
-Tracking deadlines and ensuring deadlines are met
-Correctly coding and saving electronically filed documents into our system
-Communicating regularly with and providing case updates to our clients
-Keeping matters current in our system (for example, updating facts and ensuring that client and employer information is correct)
-Scheduling Depositions/ Arranging for Court Reporters/ Sending out Meeting Info
-Scheduling Deposition prep with clients
-Scheduling Meetings for attorneys
-Onboarding clients in our client portal
-Generating complaints from our automated system
-Locating and interviewing witnesses
-Gathering electronic records
-Drafting EEOC Charges
-Calculating damages
-Drafting complaints
-Coordinating Service of Complaints
-Electronically filing litigation documents
-Drafting deposition notices and Subpoenas
-Drafting and responding to discovery
-Reviewing and analyzing discovery responses, creating database
-Supplementing discovery
-Setting up mediations and preparation meetings
-Preparing electronic mediation notebooks
-Preparing electronic deposition notebooks
-Contacting and subpoenaing witnesses for trial
-Drafting non-dispositive motions, such as for extensions of time or leaves of absence
-Providing remote trial support
-Shelling documents
-Gathering lost wage information
-Tracking job searches
-Filing documents with the court and communicating with opposing counsel
-Entering case expenses
-Closing cases
-Other kinds of research and data gathering
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