Associate Dean of Law jobs in Chattanooga, TN

We help to divorce and separated parents create a more peaceful future by managing co-parenting conflict while maximizing access to their children and money. Our law firm is growing rapidly, and we need a support staff superstar to help attorneys and clients so we can keep helping people!

When people call us for help, they're often going through an emotionally and financially difficult period. Our Office Assistant will support our firm and provide our clients with the ultimate customer service experience. Additionally, our firm is growing fast, and our attorneys need someone who has their back and takes care of critical admin duties to keep the business moving!

This important position involves administrative duties related to reception, customer service, client intake, client retention, and direct attorney support.

Your beliefs and values should align with ours

• Skills and experience are important and valued, but your personality, character, intelligence, and integrity are also extremely important considerations.
• Our core belief system is founded on the Golden Rule and the Serenity Prayer; that is, to treat others the way you want to be treated, not the way you think they deserve to be treated” and “to have the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
• We also strongly believe in personal responsibility, personal development, and becoming the best versions of ourselves that we can be.
• The right fit will have personal values aligned with our Firm values so that these values will be integrated into client communications to help good parents make rational decisions during an irrational time in their lives.
• The right fit will see problems as opportunities by focusing on the solution, not the problem.
• The right fit will foster communication that is intended to reduce or manage conflict, enhance the quality of life of our client and their children, and avoid a damaging and expensive courtroom battle when possible.
• If you see a case file as an opportunity to help someone build a new and better life, you’ll like the way we think.

If this exciting opportunity appeals to you, we look forward to reviewing your resume. Please follow these instructions. APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

Prepare a cover letter in with no more than two paragraphs and a single closing sentence. In the first paragraph explain what you believe are the 3 most important qualities that must be possessed by an attorney working with people experiencing divorce or child custody issues. In the second paragraph tell me why you applied to this particular ad. As a closing sentence please write, “I have read the instructions contained in the job posting and have followed the instructions.”

In addition to your cover letter, please list 5 professional references who are familiar with your quality of work (supervisor, co-counsel, opposing counsel, judge, etc.).

$30,000 - $35,000 yearly

You must have experience with

• Answering phones, and asking questions to get to the root of the problem
• Customer service and client care
• Managing multiple calendars and keeping schedules for more than one person
• Task management, tracking deadlines
• Following written instructions and checklists
• Managing the lobby conference rooms
• Copying, scanning, filing (physical and electronic filing)
• Data entry using common web-based formats
• Word processing (using MS Word)
• Email (using Outlook)
• Basic filing and document management using Dropbox or similar
• Basic internet searches for common information (ability to find locations, maps, contact information, etc.)
• Using basic office equipment (desktop computer, laptop computer, desk scanner, copy machine, multiline phone, FAX, postage meter)

• Conveys confidence on the phone, with a smile
• Shows empathy to clients and puts them at ease
• Understands the importance of doing good work, and doing it on time
• Has a natural gift of organization and detail
• Ability to switch gears quickly
• Follows instructions
• Asks for help when needed
• Generates creative solutions to workplace problems
• Proofreads and spell checks work before turning it in
• A go-getter with a strong work ethic
• Treats a call at 4:30 on Friday with the same care and compassion as one on Monday morning

We believe the law is about relationships. The best ones become reciprocal; the more you put into them, the more you get out of them. The best relationships are based on communication and trust. The lawyer and customer relationship is no different.

Our goal is to improve the lives of legal staff and their clients. We believe legal professionals should have a practice and workload that allows room for what truly matters: yourself, your family, and your client relationships. We believe clients should receive abundant education about the problem they are experiencing through frequent and responsive communication so their problem can be resolved as quickly and efficiently as possible, allowing them to move on with their lives. We believe that our model makes our legal team and clients happier.