Legal Assistant – Commercial, Real-Estate
Cargill
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Wayzata • Minnesota • United States
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Salary
💰 $60,000 - $75,000 per year
About the role
- The Legal Assistant will make independent decisions on MADJV and real estate tasks and provide support for legal processes and all legal-related activities.
- Assist in planning, organizing, and scheduling more complex administrative support.
- Apply detailed knowledge of MADJV and real estate transactions and tasks to perform moderately complex administrative processes.
- Manage real estate files, leases and property records.
- Schedule and coordinate meeting agendas, materials, minutes, virtual technology, and catering requests.
- Solicit, collect and organize documentation and data for legal processes to perform moderately complex data entry into one or more systems, including scanning, copying, mailings and obtaining physical/wet signatures, notarization, etc.
- Plans, coordinates and confirms logistics for more complex meetings and travel.
- Liaise with Legal Operations regarding billing matters.
- Provide assistance and training to lower-level employees.
- Handle complex clerical, administrative, technical or customer support issues under minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience supporting law firms or law departments, preferably in complex commercial, MADJV, or real estate practice groups.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CoPilot).
- High level of discretion and ability to manage confidential information.
Benefits
- medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data entryadministrative supportdocument organizationreal estate transactionsfile managementmeeting coordinationlogistics planningnotarizationconfidential information management
Soft Skills
independent decision-makingcommunicationtrainingproblem-solvingdiscretion