Aaron Shafer
aaron@getthedeedsdone.com
512-945-2838 (text prior to calling)
EXPERIENCE
2021-2025 Contract Paralegal, Educator, and Consultant
2022-2023 Board-Certified Family Law Paralegal, Benouis Law, PLLC
2020-2021 Board-Certified Family Law Paralegal, Bustos Family Law, PLLC
2014-2020 Lead Family Law Paralegal, (a firm now named) Smith and Bledsoe
SKILLS-Senior Paralegal
Draft pleadings, orders, motions, subpoenas, notices, requests, correspondence, and postdivorce documents.
Prepare discovery and discovery deficiency letters; analyze and respond to same.
Prepare mediation spreadsheets and position statements.
Assist with complex postdivorce litigation.
Explain legal information to clients strictly via email under indirect attorney supervision.
Prepare research and briefs.
Assist with hearing preparation.
Attend and assist attorneys at hearings.
SKILLS-Mentoring and Leadership
Train Paralegals, Attorneys and Legal Assistants on fundamentals: organization, time management, docket and client management, self-sufficiency, how to think like a judge.
Develop internal process and procedures, policies and checklists.
Create power point presentations and instructional videos, curate and edit same.
Create In-house Templates.
EDUCATION
202X J.D. Candidate (pending enrollment 2025)
2020 Texas Board of Legal Specialization -- Board Certified in Family Law
2017 Basic, Advanced Family Law Mediation and Arbitration Certification, Mediators of Texas
2014 Paralegal Certification with Honors, Austin Community College
2007 Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin
Decrees, Modifications, Petitions, Letters, and most other drafting -- $50+/hour
DISCOVERY -- $75/hr
**Client Control: Client Expectation Management, constant contact, psychotherapy, and hand-holidng are wholly unavailable. I will explain information via email once, in great, replete detail, and I will talk to a client in discovery on a limited basis in order to get them to do their homework. After that, I pass the client back to the attorney in charge and typically recommend immediate withdrawal.**