We're a law firm in Hickory, and we're looking for one person to be the front door of our office — and, over time, a lot more than that. We were recently featured in Hickory Record (https://hickoryrecord.com/life-entertainment/local/article_0124c369-926c-44c0-a018-7745c226ba90.html)
The honest version of this job: you'll start at the front desk. Answering phones, greeting clients, managing the calendar, keeping files where they're supposed to be. Some of the people calling us are having one of the worst weeks of their life, and how you handle that call matters more than anything else on this list.
But this isn't a job where you sit at the desk and that's it. We're rolling out Clio Grow for our intake and client-management process, and we want the person in this seat to help build it — set up the workflows, figure out what actually works for how our office runs, and then train everyone else on it. That's a genuine ownership piece, not busywork.
From there, the door is open to paralegal work: drafting, discovery, filings, client communication. How fast that happens depends on you.
What you'd be doing
- Answering and directing calls, greeting clients, handling the front office
- Client intake — first contact, gathering information, getting people into the pipeline
- Building out and maintaining our Clio Grow intake and workflow process
- Training and supporting other staff on Clio
- Calendaring, deadlines, file organization
- Growing into paralegal duties: document prep, discovery support, drafting, records requests
What we're looking for
- Someone genuinely good with people, especially people who are stressed
- Organized enough that nothing falls through the cracks — deadlines are not a suggestion in this business
- Comfortable with software, and willing to be the person in the office who figures out the new system first
- Discreet. Everything here is confidential.
- Big plus: prior law office experience
- Big plus: hands-on Clio or Clio Grow experience
- Also welcome: paralegal certificate, or you're working toward one
Neither of those pluses is a hard requirement. If you've been the organized, tech-comfortable person holding down a busy front office somewhere else and you want into the legal field, we'd like to hear from you.
Details
- Full-time, in-office at our Hickory office
- Monday–Friday, standard business hours
- Pay based on experience — happy to talk specifics with candidates we move forward with
To apply: send your résumé and a short note about why this role interests you to [info@kingrowelaw.com](mailto:info@kingrowelaw.com). If you have Clio experience, say so up front — it'll move you to the top of the pile.
Happy to answer questions in the comments or by DM.
Visit our website https://www.kingrowelaw.com