Legal Assistant – Real Estate Corporate
Prestigious National Law Firm is seeking an experienced Legal Assistant with 5 or more years of Real Estate or Corporate Law experience to join their Team!
Legal Assistant – Job Description:
- Create, format, edit, proofread, and manage Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations. Draft routine correspondence, forms, etc. under the supervision of an appropriate lawyer/professional.
- Answer telephone and routine questions from clients and staff members and/or route calls to appropriate lawyer or staff member.
- Assist with managing lawyer’s calendar by scheduling appointments, depositions, meetings (external and internal), hearings, closings, etc.
- Schedule domestic and foreign travel through firm travel system, including flights, hotels and/or car rentals.
- Track, organize, and process reimbursements, invoices, and check requests.
- Run conflict checks, open new client matters, and draft engagement letters and other required documents; provide guidance to lawyers so completed forms are submitted properly.
- Opens, prioritizes and distributes mail. Coordinates mailings, deliveries, copying and courthouse filings where appropriate
- Enter and manage work requests from lawyers in the workflow tool and complete according to provided deadline(s).
- Perform routine filing, photocopying, scanning, compiling, and distributing of documents; identify and coordinate available services provided by administrative departments such as office services, the IT Help Desk, word processing, accounting, billing, and records.
- Operates independently to ensure assignments, which may be complex in nature or require high-level production, are completed in an accurate and timely manner. Produces a high volume of work assignments in an accurate and timely manner.
- Manage both paper and electronic client files, assisting with real estate contracts and amendments as well as closing documents, researching and obtaining corporate and UCC-1 filings and recorded documents, preparing closing checklists, monitoring transaction progress, handling post-closing documents, and assisting as needed with billing client invoices.
Legal Assistant – Requirements:
- 4-5 years supporting Real Estate or Corporate lawyers and paralegals with administrative or client-related tasks.
- Bilingual English/Spanish
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
- Has attained proficiency in all of the core legal administrative assistant functions and has advanced technical and communications skills.
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment with demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple competing tasks and demands.
- Superb attention to detail, grammar, and punctuation, and the ability to articulate thoughts and effectively present new ideas and findings.
The firm pays a generous salary and excellent benefit package and PTO!
Similar Job Titles
- Real Estate Paralegal
- Legal Assistant Real Estate
- Paralegal Residential Real Estate
- Paralegal Commercial Real Estate
- Legal Assistant Commercial Real Estate
- Corporate Legal Assistant
- Corporate Paralegal
If you are intersted in learning more about this outstanding opportunity, or know anyone qualified, please contact Lilliana del Real with Legal Search Solutions at Lillidr@TopLawJobs.com
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