Senior Bankruptcy & Collections Paralegal

Passionate about guiding clients through financial challenges to achieve relief or justice?

Ready to elevate your career beyond just routine tasks?

Then join us at counsel’s table and impact clients where it matters—in the courtroom. We’re a young, growing, and different business litigation firm based in Houston. We’re seeking an exceptional Senior Bankruptcy and Collections Paralegal who thrives in a fast-paced environment where you directly shape client success.

Your Role

Manage cases from intake to closure, including these responsibilities:

• Assist at counsel’s table in court.
• Drive cases forward with precision and before deadlines—always.
• Manage docket, 341 meetings, discovery, calendar, communications, and files.
• Draft Chapter 7, 11, 13, 15, and adversary petitions and compelling plain-English pleadings, demand letters, and correspondence.
• Research the law and prepare trial notebooks.
• Deliver client experiences that turn clients into raving fans.
• Anticipate and independently solve challenges.
• Partner with the founding attorney to free him to focus on client development and counseling, strategic legal thinking, trials, negotiations, and vision.

Requirements

• Any bachelor’s degree, associate’s paralegal degree, Texas Board of Legal Specialization paralegal certification, or other recognized paralegal certification.
• 5+ years of bankruptcy and collections paralegal work.
• Expertise in U.S. Bankruptcy Code and Rules, Federal civil procedure, evidence, and collection law, and PACER e-filing.
• Proficient in or quick to master AI, Westlaw, Office 365, Clio, etc.
• Big picture and detail-oriented.
• Coachable, self-reflective, competitive (but not cut-throat).
• Growth mindset, adaptable, high emotional intelligence.

Why Us?

Culture

• Guided by 7 core values: Integrity, Client-First Commitment, Responsive Straight Talk, Strategic Practical Wisdom, Insatiable Appetite to Win, Uncompromising Excellence, and Compassion.
• Quickly learn from mistakes - yours and ours.
• Pleasant, professional, even during difficult conversations.
• High standards, accountability, dependability.
• Growth mindset, adaptability, and high emotional intelligence.
• Flexibility, autonomy, own your results, professional development, career growth.
• Celebrate wins and enjoy the journey in a professional culture free of yelling, jerks, and office politics.
• Modern offices along Buffalo Bayou between River Oaks and Downtown.

Compensation

• $80,000-$90,000+ base salary based on experience and ability to hit the ground running with limited guidance.
• Monthly/quarterly bonuses tied to KPIs (key performance indicators).
• Paid holidays + birthday + PTO.
• Free garage parking + team socials.

About Us

Before law school, Entrepreneur Mark P. Yablon saw a need for a different kind of law firm that blends legal excellence, practical business wisdom, straight talk, and compassion.

Yablon Law PLLC aspires to set the new standard in guiding entrepreneurs and families through stormy waters involving bankruptcy, litigation, real estate, family law, probate, and estate planning. Our 5-year vision is to expand to 12 attorneys + paralegals dedicated to improving the lives of each other and our clients.

Apply Now

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For questions, email recruit@crisp.co.

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