Temporary Legal Assistant / Paralegal - Chapter 11 Bankruptcy - Adams & Martin Group

Adams & Martin Group is searching for Legal Assistants or Paralegals with Chapter 11 Bankruptcy experience to work in a law firm on a temporary, reoccuring basis. The law firm is located in Chesterfield, Missouri, and the position would be 100% onsite.

The law firm would love to utilize temporary legal staff for when they get ready to file Chapter 11 Bankruptcy cases. These would be true projects, lasting 1-2 weeks but would reoccur.

Duties / Responsibilities:

• Get list of creditors with addresses and put them on a matrix that you file with the court
• Familiarity with PACER
• File pleadings where you collect information from the client, lists of insurance policies and their coverages, lists of employees and wages
• Ask court for authority to make payments where money was earned before filing
• A lot of foot work on front end
• Same pleading every time but different facts
• Schedule of assets and liabilities - taking information from client that is usually unorganized and condensing into a court form
• Send out notices and pleadings to a large list of people on the matrix
• Handling mailings - have to serve every creditor of the business - sometimes 1,000 creditors

Pay is commensurate with experience and is hourly. Paychecks are weekly and paid out every Friday.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. To the extent our customers require a background check for certain positions, the Company faces a significant risk to its business operations and business reputation unless a review of criminal history is conducted for those specific job positions.