Our client is seeking a full-time Legal Assistant for their Commercial Real Estate practice group.
Responsibilities:
- Assist closing paralegals and attorneys as needed in all phases of a busy commercial real estate practice, including proper file indexing of documents and emails
- Order title work, payoffs, zoning letters, tax bills, and any other documentation needed for closings
- Preparation of engagement letters and conflict waivers
- Opening of new files
- Scheduling with clients, sellers, agents, lenders and vendors to process closings
- Prepare closing documents for execution
- Prepare post-closing transcripts
- Process executed closing documents
- Obtain and record mortgage satisfactions
- Other administrative tasks for the real estate team (including billing, processing invoices and reminder statements)
Qualifications:
- 3+ years of legal support experience
- Associates degree or Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university preferred
- Experience in a closing attorney's firm required preferred
- Title insurance knowledge
- Experience with SoftPro preferred
Compensation/Benefits:
- Annual salary of $50,000-$60,000 based on experience
- Medical, Dental Insurance and Spending Accounts, Life and Disability Coverages, Profit Sharing Plan
- PTO and holiday pay