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Creditors Rights And Bankruptcy Paralegal. Burr & Forman LLP has an immediate opening in our Tampa, FL or Orlando, FL office for a full-time creditors rights and bankruptcy paralegal. Perform complex paralegal duties requiring knowledge of legal terminology and legal processes from case inception to

Job Description Legal Assistant Full-time legal assistant needed for our mid-sized law firm located in Ybor City. Compensation packages including salary plus benefits start at $45,000 annually. Salary is commensurate with education and prior legal experience. Our benefits package includes health, dental & life insurance with Health Savings Account options, 401K retirement plan with employer matching program, and firm wellness program including yoga & step classes, massages, and weekly personal training sessions in our on-site gym. Our office is a non-smoking environment. A college degree or paralegal certificate is preferred. A qualified candidate must be proficient in Word, Outlook, and Excel, and having familiarity with PowerPoint is a plus. This position is required to work in the office during regular business hours. Our typical office hours are Monday-Thursday 8:00AM to 5:30PM and 8:00AM to 3:00PM on Fridays. If you are looking to invest in a meaningful career and help to make a difference in the lives of individuals who have been catastrophically injured or suffered damages at the hands of insurance companies, you will enjoy working with us. Go to for more information. To apply, please provide your resume along with answers to the following questions: 1. What are your career goals for the next 3-5 years?, 2. What is your expected total annual salary?, 3. Identify skills you possess that would make you a great legal assistant. Qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview and testing. No phone calls or faxes, please. Employees have rights under Federal Employment Laws: Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA).

Job Description The legal assistant plays an important role in supporting legal professionals in the delivery of legal services to clients. The legal assistant is responsible for providing administrative and clerical support to multiple attorneys. Duties include drafting legal documents, managing case files, assisting in trial preparation, communicating with clients and maintaining confidentiality of sensitive information related to cases and clients. Essential Functions and Basic Duties: • Draft, review, revise, prepare, format, and edit comprehensive legal documents, such as pleadings, and other communications for the attorney to review., • Review all incoming mail, faxes and emails., • Prepare and send outgoing mail., • Open new files for new matters and new clients, including running conflict searches for new cases., • Organize and manage client files by scanning, saving, filing, naming, and destroying, when appropriate, client data in paper and electronic formats., • Effectively communicate with attorneys, clients, opposing counsel, and adjusters by email and phone., • Calendar emails, e-file documents, paper mail, hand-delivery and faxes., • Schedule depositions, hearings, mediations and inspections., • Federal, state court and agency filings, including e-filing with attorney approval., • Print and circulate e-filed documents., • Answer attorney calls and take messages; forward calls as appropriate., • Review and release time for attorneys as directed., • Prepare for trial by organizing documents, binders, charts, graphs and other evidentiary exhibits under the direction of a paralegal and/or attorney., • Assemble binders for depositions and mediations., • Update client case lists to ensure accuracy., • Update trial, mediation and case lists to ensure accuracy., • Prepare attorney expense reports., • Make travel arrangements for attorneys., • Process vendor invoices., • Assist in training of new hires., • Review pre-bills and distribute for revisions as well as ensuring their accuracy before sending bills to clients. Send invoices to clients and follow-up with clients on past-due invoices., • Answer questions regarding billing, client budgets, expert invoices, client invoice appeals, etc., • Provide coverage for other assistants while out on PTO., • High school diploma or equivalent., • Team player., • Creative problem solving., • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and with flexibility to meet deadlines., • Computer skills., • Health insurance with firm-paid HSA contributions on select plans, • Dental and vision insurance, • Firm paid life insurance and short term disability insurance, • Optional Aflac supplemental plans, • Paid time off and paid holidays, • Paid parking, • Included on-site gym access, • Complimentary subscription to the Calm app, offering guided meditations, sleep support, and mindfulness tools, • Access to a company-sponsored financial wellness program

Job Description The Invitation: Are you ready to unplug from the traditional grind? This isn't a standard job offer. It's an invitation to build something lasting and meaningful. We are searching for a cornerstone—a long-term partner to grow with our law firm for years to come. Zagrebelsky Law is a modern, mindful firm dedicated to empowering innovators, entrepreneurs, and artists. Here, your autonomy is absolute, and your success is measured by the quality of your work product, your exceptional management of deadlines, and the excellence of your communication. We're looking for a Lead Paralegal & Firm Administrator with an innate passion for precision to build, manage, and perfect the very foundation of our firm's operations. Your Domain (Responsibilities): You are the central hub of our virtual headquarters. As the firm's central Steward, you are fiercely protective of our lawyers, our clients, and our high standards. Your domain is to create a fortress of order and efficiency so our attorneys can focus on what they do best. * Guardian of Quality: Establish and champion the firm's quality benchmarks. You will be the final checkpoint for excellence, protecting our output from typos, inconsistencies, and anything less than our best. * Dynamic Research & Analysis: Execute in-depth research projects across a wide spectrum of legal, business, and industry-specific subjects to support critical firm and client objectives. * Operational Architecture: Proactively identify bottlenecks and design mindful, elegant solutions. You won't just follow procedures; you will be celebrated for creating smarter systems. * Infrastructure Development: Once integrated, you will help design and build the next generation of our firm's operational infrastructure, turning creative ideas into scalable, efficient systems. * Holistic System Management: Oversee our entire digital infrastructure, as well as relationships with key software and third-party vendors, ensuring our virtual operations run with zero friction. Proficient knowledge of MyCase and Dropbox are strongly encouraged. * Intel & Document Preparation: Masterfully draft, proofread, and format critical legal documents with an obsessive eye for detail, particularly in business, corporate, and IP law. * Mindful Communications & Timelines: Manage all case deadlines, attorney calendars, and communications with clients and opposing parties with strategic foresight and conscious kindness and professionalism. Your Skill Set (The Ideal Candidate): * A Foundation of Excellence: A strong educational background (a Bachelor's or advanced degree(s) in business administration is sublime) or a portfolio of exceptionally relevant experience. You must possess a deep, intuitive understanding of law firm operations. * An Innate Drive for Precision: Typos, inconsistencies, and disorder genuinely bother you. You have an instinct for creating order from chaos and a non-negotiable commitment to flawless execution. * Principled Stewardship: You are not afraid to voice opportunities for improvement or spot a mistake, even the boss's. You understand that direct, constructive feedback is the bedrock of a collaborative environment that values mentorship over hierarchy. * Sovereign Operator: You are a deeply independent thinker who thrives on autonomy. You prefer blunt instruction to ambiguity and excel when given the freedom to achieve exceptional results. * Proven Experience: You have a history of success in a similar role, with demonstrated paralegal skills in business, corporate, or intellectual property law, as well as executive practice management skills. The Framework, Compensation & Your Future: * Location: 95% Remote. You prefer the comfort and focus of your own curated environment. (Must be in the Tampa Bay area for occasional in-person coordination). * Schedule & Autonomy: Radical flexibility is a core tenet of our firm. Your work schedule is designed to accommodate your life and personal responsibilities, not the other way around. After the initial integration period (approx. 5 hours/week over 4 to 5 weeks), you will be advanced to a permanent role, and you will ultimately get to choose your desired workload and schedule. Whether you are seeking a meaningful part-time role or a full-time career, the path is yours to define. * Compensation & Growth: We invest in our people for the long term. * Training Rate: The initial one-month integration period is compensated at $25 per hour. * Starting Rate: Following a successful integration, your starting hourly rate will be between $30 and $50, commensurate with your experience, education, and demonstrated capabilities. For a truly exceptional and experienced person, we are prepared to start at the top of this range. * Advancement: We believe in rewarding excellence. Exceptional performance benchmarked against our high standards will be recognized with regular bonuses, raises for advanced responsibilities, and a clear path toward advanced roles and increased compensation range. About The Firm: Zagrebelsky Law is a modern, mindful firm built on a foundation of supportive, collaborative peer mentorship, not rigid hierarchies. We operate as a horizontally integrated team—a dynamic puzzle where each person is an invaluable piece contributing their unique talents. Weare building a core team for the long haul, a place where the right people can find their purpose and passion, and never want to leave because they have found their tribe and have custom built their ideal environment to flourish professionally. Your First Assignment: We are looking for an immediate hire to start as soon as possible. We value precision and initiative above all else. To that end, we do not accept applications through this platform. Your first challenge (should you choose to accept it) is to find the "Commitment to Employees" link on our website, ZagrebelskyLaw.com. Once you find the right page, you will be asked to submit the following intel: * A Cover Letter: Explain not just what you can do, but why our mindful, modern approach and core values resonate with you on a personal level. * Your CV. * School Transcripts: Unofficial are perfectly acceptable. * [Gold Star Mission] To truly distinguish yourself, include a writing sample or your best work and/or a brief narrative of the most challenging and successful project you've ever managed. Show us you love a challenge and are willing to go above and beyond. We look forward to welcoming you to our talented team! Company DescriptionBased in Tampa Bay, Zagrebelsky Law serves businesses, entrepreneurs, innovators, and artists in the local community, across Florida, and nationwide. Practicing Business law and Intellectual Property law, we pride our firm on empowering clients, impacting the community, and helping our planet. We cultivate a culture of strong peer camaraderie and mentorship.Based in Tampa Bay, Zagrebelsky Law serves businesses, entrepreneurs, innovators, and artists in the local community, across Florida, and nationwide. Practicing Business law and Intellectual Property law, we pride our firm on empowering clients, impacting the community, and helping our planet. We cultivate a culture of strong peer camaraderie and mentorship.