Join Our Team
TABONO LAW is proudly building a team with the passion and drive to provide the best legal services available to West Michigan. Our goal is to solve conflict and resolve family law issues in a way that meets the unique needs of every client. It is our job to offer expertise and support during a deeply vulnerable time in our clients’ lives, and providing a professional community of hardworking and compassionate individuals is essential.
TABONO literally means “oar” in the West African Adrinka language, and each of the symbol’s four oars stands for the core values of strength, confidence, hard work and unity of purpose.
If you are passionate about people, making an impact, and working alongside other incredible individuals, we’d love to hear from you!
Company Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Vision insurance
Open Positions
Legal Assistant
The Legal Assistant is the first point of contact for clients – answering phone calls and greeting visitors at our front desk. Our caseload is growing, and the ideal candidate for this position is highly motivated, organized, solutions-oriented, professional, responsible, and committed to helping Tabono Law meet all our clients’ needs. Your primary function is to manage the flow of communication to ensure cases move forward in a timely manner.
Functions and Responsibilities:
Some of your responsibilities will include:
- Answer phone calls and take messages with excellent phone etiquette.
- Process incoming and outgoing mail – scanning, organization, and distribution.
- Set up new client files and organize and manage documents.
- Schedule appointments and maintain calendars.
- Draft documents and letters from existing templates – update as needed.
- Manage legal documentation and correspondence in strict confidence.
- Correspond with outside counsel, courts, clients, and other agencies.
- Implement and improve administrative processes for more efficient workflow.
- Maintain an organized and efficient office environment.
Qualifications and Skills:
- 1+ years’ experience as a legal assistant or legal secretary preferred.
- Familiarity with legal terminology and procedures is a plus.
- Ability to prioritize workload and assignments.
- Proficient with MS Office – Outlook, Word, Excel.
- Excellent communication and organization abilities.
- Able to take direction and work independently with little supervision.
- Highly detail oriented.
- Strong work ethic.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $17.00 – $20.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
Paralegal (Urgently Hiring)
Our Muskegon, MI family law firm is seeking a highly-motivated Paralegal to join our team. Our caseload is growing and the ideal candidate for this position is organized, professional, responsible, and committed to firm and client success. The Paralegal’s primary function is to manage the flow of communication and documentation to ensure cases move forward in a timely manner. All inquiries will be kept in the strictest confidence.
Primary Functions and Responsibilities:
- Organize and manage case documents.
- Assist in maintaining calendars and resolve scheduling conflicts.
- Draft pleadings, correspondence, and discovery.
- Manage legal documentation and correspondence in strict confidence.
- Correspond with outside counsel, courts, clients, and other agencies.
- Schedule clients and hearings through phone, Zoom, and in person.
- Attention to completion of tasks in a timely and professional manner.
Qualifications and Skills:
- 2+ years experience as a legal assistant or paralegal.
- Experience in family law preferred.
- Experience tracking billable time preferred.
- Ability to prioritize workload and assignments.
- Proficient with MS Office – Outlook, Word, Excel, on-line legal research, as well as ability to learn new technology.
- Excellent communication and organization abilities.
- Highly organized and detail oriented.
- Strong work ethic.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $20.00 – $25.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
Associate Attorney
Are you smart, savvy, and great with people? Do you like to make a difference in your work and your community? Do you like to work with really cool people that truly care about their clients?
We are a West Michigan Law Firm, hiring a family law associate that wants to change the world, one client at a time. Tabono Law is seeking a hardworking, compassionate, and solution minded Associate Attorney to assist with our growing caseload and be a partner in our success. If you enjoy a fast-paced environment with great co-workers and have a passion to serve clients struggling with family law issues with patience and empathy, this is the firm for you!
The Associate Attorney will develop relationships with clients as they establish legal needs, provide counsel, help them understand their legal options, and represent them in court and negotiations. You will also conduct research, prepare legal documents, and perform other duties to ensure that clients receive the best and most cost-effective legal solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Attend in-person and/or virtual hearings, status conferences, mediations, depositions, and trials as directed.
- Negotiate settlements between parties and other attorneys.
- Meet with clients and potential clients to learn their legal needs and effectively explain legal issues, goals, and outcomes.
- Manage own caseload under supervision of senior attorney with staff support.
- Accurate preparation of legal documents in a timely manner including but not limited to motions, orders, interrogatories, discovery, settlements, and trial notebooks.
- Trial preparation, including drafting of direct and cross examinations, witness preparation, and entering exhibits.
- Develop arguments to resolve cases ethically, favorably, and cost effectively for clients.
- Conduct research and compile evidence for your case.
Qualifications:
- Must be an active member in good standing of the Michigan State Bar.
- Two plus years Family law and courtroom experience preferred.
- Self-motivated, ethical, and reliable.
- Adaptable team player with a growth mindset.
- Great oral argument skills and the ability to think on your feet.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively and build rapport with clients, support staff, opposing parties, opposing counsel, experts, witnesses, and court personnel.
- Great attention to detail and the ability to follow instructions while also working independently.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills necessary to prioritize competing priorities and meet all deadlines.
- Strong research, drafting, and written communication skills.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $60,000.00 – $80,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
