CSR Legal Assistant or Paralegal (depending on experience of candidate)
Simms Showers LLP
We’re hiring a Charitable Solicitation Reporting (CSR) Legal Assistant or Paralegal to join our team.
Who We Are
The vision of Simms Showers LLP is to integrate our faith into the practice of law with excellence, to help people and glorify God. We are a mission-driven firm in the fullest sense. Our shared faith shapes how we treat one another, how we approach our work, and how we understand what it means to serve clients with excellence.
The culture is both intellectually rigorous and genuinely warm. We collaborate closely, invest in one another, and enjoy working together.
The Role
This role focuses on preparing and managing charitable solicitation registrations, renewals, and exemptions for nonprofit clients in multiple jurisdictions. Working closely with attorneys and other church nonprofit paralegals, this position requires timely and accurate compliance filing and reporting with state charitable solicitation laws, and support of the firm’s commitment to providing high-quality regulatory services. This individual would also assist nonprofit organizations with a variety of legal services including incorporation, IRS tax exemption applications, and various nonprofit general legal matters.
Job Duties Include:
- State Filings & Compliance: Prepare, review, and submit charitable solicitation registrations, renewals, exemptions, and extensions in applicable states; monitor entity status and maintain ongoing compliance.
- Client Coordination: Serve as a primary point of contact for nonprofit clients regarding charitable solicitation matters. Coordinate and collect necessary organizational documents, financial reports, and governing records to support filings. Provide updates to clients on filing status, entity status, changes in statutory and regulatory requirements, and disclosure requirements for solicitations.
- Jurisdictional Research: Research state charitable solicitation laws, filing procedures, agency requirements, and regulatory updates affecting client compliance.
- Tracking & Recordkeeping: Maintain compliance calendars, filing databases, deadline trackers, confirmations, renewal statuses, state requirements, and fee information across jurisdictions.
- Agency Liaison: Communicate with state charity regulators to resolve discrepancies, respond to information requests, and confirm registration approvals.
- Attorney Support: Assist attorneys with client reports, filing records, and related corporate or tax-exempt matters, including annual reports, registered agent changes, IRS Form 990 coordination, and nonprofit legal filings.
Other duties as assigned by the Senior Church Non-Profit Paralegal or Attorneys.
Compensation & and Benefits
- $22-$30 an hour depending on qualifications and experience
- Significant retirement benefits including 401(k) with 4% firm match, cash balance contributions and profit-sharing contributions
- Multiple health insurance options with the firm paying 75% of individual premiums for all plans and 60% of all family premiums
Skills and Qualifications
- College degree or relevant work experience
- Experience with Westlaw and legal software
- Familiarity with state and federal filing systems
- Strong attention to detail and process orientation
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office products
- Analytical mindset with a desire to make processes more efficient and/or automated
Learn More
For additional information, please see our LinkedIn and Mission Statement.
