Regional Firm in Florida has an opening at their West Palm Beach location.
Legal Assistant with Real Estate experience You will be working with the managing attorney of the practice group and play a crucial role in providing top-notch legal administrative work.
Duties and Responsibilities
You will work directly with the practice group chair on complex real estate transactions.
This position requires handling various responsibilities, including prioritizing and managing multiple tasks, communicating professionally with clients and colleagues, and collaborating with different firm-wide departments.
Your contributions will include opening new matters and cases, conducting conflict checks, managing billing, and overseeing records.
Requirements
• Experience in commercial real estate transactions, including, but not limited to Purchase and Sale Agreements and Leasing.
• Skilled in preparing, proofreading, and redlining legal documents.
• Process monthly client billing (paper and electronic billing). Review prebills for accuracy and completeness. Input necessary edits to timekeeper narratives.
• Possess a working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including extensive knowledge of Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Consistently deliver outstanding client service and quality.
Experience providing administrative support to attorneys, with a sustained record of high quality work from inception to resolution, including, but not limited to, the ability to manage multiple tasks promptly.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills; excellent proofreading skills.
• Responsibilities will include:
– opening new matters and generating client conflict checks
-arranging for payment of invoices; application of checks to appropriate client/matter numbers; prompt preparation of attorney’s expense reports; scheduling and maintenance of attorney’s calendars
– organization of materials received in various formats; process incoming and outgoing mail and other correspondence; answer, screen, direct, and place telephone calls and emails; arrange video conferencing and schedule internal and external conference calls with clients; promptly respond to client requests and internal communications professionally, and work with the team to resolve issues as appropriate; maintain attorney’s files (paper and electronic).
The following is a list of some of the important things we would like to see in a candidate:
• 5+ years of law firm experience preferred.
• Commercial Real Estate (transactional) required
• Excellent grammar, spelling, punctuation, and communication skills.
• Attention to detail and good organizational and analytical skills.
• Ability to deal well with changing assignments and priorities.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience working with law firm case management and billing software is a plus
• Flexible for overtime, as needed.
This firm also promotes team building!
Staff gatherings and other events during the year make.
If you are qualified and have this experience, I would like to hear from you!
Kindly send your resume and salary requirements to SherryZ@TopLawJobs.com
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