Family Law Paralegal

Senior Family Law Paralegal — Vanguard Family Law Group

Atlanta, GA | November 2023 – Present

• Drafted 140+ marital dissolution pleadings, child support worksheets, and parenting plans per year, maintaining a 99% accuracy rate and reducing attorney revision time by 22%.
• Managed discovery processes for 45 active litigation cases, including drafting interrogatories and indexing 5,000+ pages of financial disclosures with zero document-tracking errors.
• Organized and indexed trial exhibits, deposition summaries, and case binders for 18 bench trials, enabling lead counsel to locate critical case documents in under 30 seconds.
• Interviewed and onboarded 150+ new clients annually, gathering critical custody and asset information to reduce the average initial case evaluation cycle from 5 days to 2 days.

Family Law Paralegal — Preston Legal Associates

Savannah, GA | June 2021 – October 2023

• Prepared 90+ financial affidavits, child support modification motions, and custody schedules annually, helping secure favorable outcomes in 92% of contested hearings.
• Coordinated deposition scheduling, court filings, and mediation sessions for 3 attorneys, reducing scheduling conflicts and administrative errors by 30% over 24 months.
• Maintained a database of 300+ closed and active case files in Clio, scanning and indexing physical archives to cut file retrieval times by 40% across the department.
• Billed an average of 1,600 hours annually, maintaining 96% accuracy in time tracking and billing entries, contributing to a 12% increase in firm billing efficiency.

Case management, Court filing, E-filing, Discovery preparation, Legal research, Legal drafting, Marital dissolution pleadings, Child custody schedules, Financial disclosures, Trial preparation, Clio, HotDocs, LexisNexis, Westlaw, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Microsoft Office, Client intake, Mediation coordination

E-Filing and Archive Digitalization Initiative

Role: Lead Paralegal

Tools: Clio, Adobe Acrobat Pro, OneDrive

Led the digitization of 1,200 archived family law case files over 6 months, reducing file retrieval times by 40% and reclaiming physical office space.

High-Net-Worth Divorce Discovery Management

Role: Lead Discovery Paralegal

Tools: LexisNexis, Excel, HotDocs

Managed discovery and financial tracing for a complex $12M asset dissolution case, cataloging 8,000+ pages of financial records under a tight 45-day deadline.

• Certified Paralegal (CP) (2021)
• Advanced Certified Paralegal (ACP) - Family Law (2023)

• Languages: English (Native), Spanish (Conversational)
• Professional Affiliations: Member, Georgia Association of Paralegals (GAP)
• Availability: 2 weeks notice