Bankruptcy Paralegal
Dunn Law is a Miami business and insolvency firm. One of our partners serves as a Chapter 7 panel bankruptcy trustee in the Southern District of Florida, and the firm represents creditors, committees, assignees, and receivers in bankruptcy cases, assignments for the benefit of creditors under Chapter 727, Florida Statutes, and the litigation that grows out of them.
The Bankruptcy Paralegal keeps that work moving on time and on the record: opening and administering cases, filing through CM/ECF and the Florida E-Filing Portal, owning the deadline calendar, building the factual record behind claims and avoidance actions, and keeping estate records reconciled.
The position requires independent judgment. The paralegal is frequently the first person to identify a discrepancy among the debtor’s schedules, a filed claim, and the estate’s financial records.
Duties and responsibilities
Filing, docketing and deadline control
- Prepare, proofread, and electronically file motions, applications, notices, objections, reports, and proposed orders through CM/ECF and the Florida E-Filing Portal.
- Calculate and calendar deadlines under the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, local rules, and chambers procedures, confirming each date against the entered order rather than the rule table alone.
- Review incoming court notices daily, route each to the responsible attorney with the applicable deadline identified, and escalate any date at risk in writing.
Chapter 7 trustee administration
- Prepare Section 341 meeting materials and confirm debtor production against the estate’s request list before the meeting date.
- Review schedules and financial records for unscheduled assets, transfers, exemption issues, and potential causes of action.
- Maintain the claims register, review proofs of claim for amount, classification, and support, and prepare objection worksheets.
- Assemble interim and final reporting packages, reconciled to the estate bank records.
Creditor representation
- Prepare and file proofs of claim, including administrative and reclamation claims under Sections 503(b)(9) and 546(c), with the invoices and contracts that support them.
- Track bar dates, plan and disclosure statement deadlines, and ballot deadlines across an active portfolio.
- Draft stay relief motions, cure and adequate assurance objections, and Rule 2004 examination requests for attorney review.
Assignments for the benefit of creditors
- Assemble Chapter 727 assignment packages: the assignment agreement, schedules of assets and liabilities, and the petition filed with the circuit court.
- Issue the notice of assignment and claim forms to all known creditors within the statutory window and document the mailing.
- Maintain the claim docket through the filing deadline and support the assignee’s interim reports, liquidation, and final distribution.
Adversary proceedings and avoidance actions
- Build preference analyses under Section 547, including the 90 day and one year insider reach back periods, new value and ordinary course data sets, and setoff exposure.
- Assemble the transfer record for fraudulent transfer claims under Sections 548 and 544(b), and track the Section 546 limitations period for every estate.
- Manage demand letters, complaints, service, discovery and document productions, Bates numbering, privilege logs, and exhibits.
Case opening, records and time
- Open matters, run conflicts against the party index, and set the opening deadline calendar within one business day of intake.
- Maintain electronic case files to the firm’s naming conventions so that any team member can locate a document without assistance.
- Record time contemporaneously by the end of each business day, with descriptions sufficient to support a fee application reviewed by the court.
Other duties consistent with the role may be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.
Required and preferred qualifications
Required
- Three or more years as a paralegal in bankruptcy, insolvency, creditors’ rights, or commercial litigation.
- Working knowledge of Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 practice, petition through closing.
- Demonstrated proficiency with CM/ECF, PACER, and the Florida E-Filing Portal.
- Ability to calculate deadlines independently and explain how a date was derived.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel, including reconciliation of two sets of records.
- Disciplined electronic file management in a cloud practice management system.
- Ability to draft correspondence and initial pleadings to a standard that requires editing rather than rewriting.
- Proven discretion with confidential financial and client information.
Preferred
- Chapter 7 trustee side experience, including final reports and estate distributions.
- Experience with Chapter 727 assignments or state court receiverships.
- Florida Registered Paralegal, NALA, or NFPA credential.
- Familiarity with Southern District of Florida practice and chambers procedures.
- Experience with preference and fraudulent transfer analysis.
- Working Spanish, spoken and written.
Supervision and scope
All work in this position is performed under the direct supervision of a licensed attorney. The Bankruptcy Paralegal does not give legal advice, accept representation of a client, set or negotiate fees, or appear in a representative capacity.
Estate work carries fiduciary duties owed to creditors and to the court. Accuracy in a claims register or a final report is a legal obligation and is treated as one.
The firm supervises non-lawyer assistants under Rule 4-5.3 of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar and supports the Florida Registered Paralegal designation under Chapter 20 of those rules.
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- Equal opportunity employer
- Confidential inquiries welcome
- Downtown Miami office, 66 West Flagler Street
Work environment
Professional office. Extended periods at a workstation using a computer and telephone, sustained review of detailed documents, occasional lifting of record boxes up to 25 pounds, and occasional local travel to the courthouse. Hours extend as filing deadlines, bar dates, and Section 341 calendars require.
Equal opportunity
Dunn Law, P.A. is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Accommodation requests may be directed to the Firm Administrator.
Scope and status
This description states the general nature and level of the work performed. It is not an exhaustive list of duties and may be revised by the firm at any time. It is not a contract of employment. Employment with Dunn Law, P.A. is at will and may be ended by either party at any time, with or without cause or notice, subject to applicable law.