Jones keeps herself, colleagues on deadline at Jones Law Firm

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At Jones Law Firm, Laura Jones is the one making sure the trains are running on time.

Jones, a paralegal, manages to stay on top of busy lawyers’ calendars while also ensuring her firm’s filings are all being made in a timely manner.

“Laura is a wizard at logistics and balancing the needs of the law firm,” said Russell Jones, who founded the Mequon firm in 2008.

Laura Jones works with hundreds of clients, attending to their needs while developing and carrying out marketing plans.

“Laura is truly the unsung hero of Jones Law Firm, and the continued expansion and success is directly attributable to her contributions,” Russell Jones said.

Every day at the office is different for Laura Jones. The steady change, she said, helps keep her job interesting. She often says the relationship she has with attorneys is similar to that between nurses and doctors.

“Don’t be mistaken in thinking paralegals are merely assistants to attorneys,” she said. “They truly are the hands and feet of a law firm, always making sure what needs to get done gets done.”

Law is a deadline-driven business, and Jones find herself under pressure to make sure those deadlines are met.

“I do not want to fail them and when the system does — as inevitably happens sometimes — it breaks my heart,” she said.

Jones said the coronavirus pandemic has changed many things about her job and the legal field in general.

“Gone are the days of my boss constantly being in court and running from one courtroom or county to another,” she said. “Now things are primarily done on Zoom. While on many days this is a benefit, there have also been many challenges and a great learning curve that has come with shifting our business in that way.”