Family Law Paralegal - Legal Assistant

$28 hour, plus performance bonuses, health insurance, 401(k) match, and optional dental and vision coverage.

The Abeel Firm PLLC is a growing divorce and family law firm in Williamsville, New York.

We help clients move from chaos and conflict toward clarity, stability, and forward momentum through credible advocacy, calm professionalism, and disciplined strategy. We are seeking an experienced Family Law Paralegal who is organized, dependable, client-focused, and strong with deadlines.

This is an opportunity to do meaningful work, support clients through difficult transitions, and help build a high-performing firm with strong systems, clear standards, and a thoughtful approach to family law. If you want to be part of a firm that values professionalism over drama and strategy over emotion, this is a role worth exploring.

$28 hourly + performance bonuses

• Manage family law case files from intake through resolution, keeping matters organized and moving forward
• Draft legal documents, including net worth statements, correspondence, and uncontested divorce packets
• Handle e-filing through EDDS and NYSCEF
• Organize client documents, financial records, and case-related information
• Track court dates, deadlines, adjournments, and next steps across active matters
• Communicate professionally with clients, courts, opposing counsel, and third parties
• Help improve workflows, checklists, and internal systems to support consistent, high-quality work

• 2+ years of hands-on family law experience strongly preferred
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to manage deadlines reliably and work independently
• Professional, calm, and effective communication with clients and others
• Experience drafting documents and managing case files in an active legal practice
• Comfort with timekeeping, accountability, and structured workflows
• Experience with legal technology such as Adobe Acrobat, Filevine, Asana, or similar cloud-based tools is a plus

The Abeel Firm PLLC is building a high-performance divorce and family law firm designed to help people through one of the hardest transitions of their lives with clarity, professionalism, and steady judgment. Our mission is to reduce chaos and suffering and replace it with stability, fairness, and forward momentum.

We believe the best outcomes come from credibility, disciplined strategy, adult leadership, and calm professionalism, not from emotional escalation or scorched-earth tactics.

Our values include growth with control, improving the lives of those touched by our work, credibility, strategy over emotion, a shared playbook executed with excellence, high standards, calm professionalism under pressure, and client trust through clarity.

We are building a firm with strong systems, measurable accountability, and a genuine commitment to helping clients and families move toward better futures.