Paralegal/Legal Assistant Job Opening

Koukol Johnson, LLC, a growing law firm in Omaha, Nebraska, is seeking a motivated paralegal / legal assistant to join our team. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, pride yourself on staying organized, and are looking to broaden your skillset — this is the opportunity for you. This is a full-time, year-round position of up to 40 hours per week with an immediate start date. Pay is negotiable, commensurate with experience, starting at no less than $30/hour.

Firm benefits include:

• Paid vacation and sick leave
• Flexible working hours
• Work-from-home opportunities
• Firm laptop use
• 401(k) and matching, health insurance
• Potential for paid continuing education and certification benefits
• Potential for annual, billing-related, and discretionary bonuses.

This position is available to start on June 1, 2026, and will be held open until filled.

Skills and experience in the following areas are needed:

• Consumer collections: Drafting suits to recover money and personal property (replevin), foreclosures (in NE via non-judicial Deed of Trust and in IA via judicial mortgage foreclosure), calendaring deadlines, follow up with law enforcement to confirm service of process, judgment collection (garnishment, execution, orders in aid of execution), monitoring deadlines and communicating status reports to clients.
• Creditor rights in Bankruptcy (primarily Chapter 7 and 13 cases): Drafting Proofs of Claim and Reaffirmation Agreements, reviewing Acknowledgements of Claim to determine if the filed claim is being correctly treated by the Trustee, electronic filing via the CM/ECF system,
  calendaring important deadlines, understanding of loan documents required for completion of the same, monitoring deadlines and communicating status reports to clients.
• Trial work: Drafting pleadings such as Complaints/Petitions for consumer collection cases,
  motions such as default judgment or summary judgment, discovery, and monitoring the progression of cases and deadlines and communicating status reports to clients.

This position will also involve providing assistance with litigation support, e- filing, and other tasks related to managing the firm’s cases.

The Firm uses Microsoft Office and its related products, TABs for daily billing of time and
expenses, Practice Master for case management, and PDF creation platforms like Adobe.

Please submit all application materials, including a resume (required) and references (optional),
to dkoukol@lifelonglawyers.com

We are an equal opportunity employer and support diversity and inclusion.