Legal Assistant

Pay: $40.00 - $55.00 per hour

Job description:

About the Firm: Tierney Law Group is an established Family Law, Real Estate, and Civil Litigation firm based in Pleasanton, California. We are a diverse, collegial, and collaborative team dedicated to providing the highest quality legal representation to our clients, while making sure our attorneys and staff genuinely enjoy their work — and their lives outside of it.

About the Position: We are looking for an experienced Family Law Litigation Paralegal to support our attorneys on a full caseload of dissolution, custody, support, and property division matters from filing through trial. This is a primarily remote position — you'll work from home day-to-day, with occasional visits to our Pleasanton office for team check-ins, case strategy sessions, and client or court needs. We're looking for someone with real family law litigation experience who can hit the ground running and manage a caseload with minimal supervision.

What You'll Do:

• Draft and prepare pleadings, declarations, discovery requests and responses, and other family law litigation documents for attorney review.
• Manage e-filing across California Superior Courts, including Green Filing and CM/ECF, and track filing confirmations and rejections.
• Own the case calendar — filing deadlines, hearings, mediations, and conferences — and proactively flag upcoming deadlines to the attorney team.
• Prepare and track Proofs of Service, discovery logs, and case chronologies.
• Conduct conflict checks and assist with new client intake and engagement documentation.
• Organize and maintain case files and document production using our document management systems.
• Assist with trial and hearing preparation, including exhibit organization and binders.
• Communicate directly with clients, opposing counsel, and court staff on scheduling and procedural matters.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Paralegal certificate or equivalent formal training.
• Experience with Clio, PACER, California Courts e-filing portals, and One Drive.
• Familiarity with complex property division, custody evaluations, or support calculations (XSpouse).

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of law firm experience, with substantial family law litigation experience supporting one or more attorneys.
• Strong working knowledge of California Civil Procedure and California Superior Court filing requirements and local rules.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Word and the Microsoft 365 suite.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple deadlines independently in a remote setting.
• Proactive, sound judgment, and a collaborative, professional team orientation.
• Flexibility to work overtime, if needed.

Job Type & Location: Full Time - Monday through Friday. Remote, with occasional in-person time at our Pleasanton office for team check-ins and as case needs require.

Benefits: Health insurance; defined benefit retirement plan; primarily remote work schedule; Collegial, supportive firm culture that values work-life balance. Salary commensurate with experience.

To Apply: Please submit your resume and a brief cover note describing your family law litigation experience. We look forward to hearing from you.