Criminal Law Paralegal
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LauLau Offshore and Nearshore StaffingLegal Services
Worldwide, U.S. business hoursFull-TimeMiddle
Salary14 USD per hour
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Job Details
- Languages
- English
- Experience
- Minimum 5 years of professional experience as a Paralegal, Lawyer, or Attorney; minimum 2 years of experience working with a criminal law firm in the United States.
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of professional experience as a Paralegal, Lawyer, or Attorney.
- Minimum 2 years of experience working with a criminal law firm in the United States.
- Strong hands-on experience with U.S. criminal law matters (misdemeanor and felony).
- Experience reviewing and organizing criminal discovery and evidence.
- Experience drafting motions, subpoenas, notices, pleadings, and legal correspondence.
- Experience preparing matters for hearings, plea negotiations, sentencing, and trials.
- Strong understanding of criminal court procedures and filing deadlines.
- Experience with legal case management software and electronic court filing systems.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 or comparable cloud-based business tools.
- Advanced hands-on experience with AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
- Proven employment stability, with at least two years of tenure in each prior role.
Responsibilities
- Support attorneys with misdemeanor and felony criminal matters from intake through resolution or trial.
- Draft motions, pleadings, notices, subpoenas, discovery requests, and legal correspondence.
- Review and organize discovery, including police reports, body camera footage, surveillance footage, photographs, witness statements, and other evidence.
- Prepare case chronologies, witness summaries, exhibit lists, and trial materials.
- Assist with hearing, deposition, plea, sentencing, and trial preparation.
- Communicate directly with clients, witnesses, family members, courts, prosecutors, experts, and other parties.
- Track court dates, filing deadlines, discovery deadlines, and case milestones.
- Prepare and submit court filings through applicable electronic filing systems.
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