Foreclosure Legal Assistant
McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC
Legal Assistant
CGS Federal (Contact Government Services)
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Denver • Colorado • 🇺🇸 United States
Visit company websiteSalary
💰 $40,000 - $60,000 per year
Job Level
Junior
About the role
- Prepares a variety of legal documents and correspondence in final format.
- Assists attorneys in preparing for court and scans discovery into an automated system.
- Maintains a court calendar; assembles trial and grand jury exhibits and notebooks.
- Maintains a variety of legal files; ensures legal documentation is maintained correctly within specific case files; closes files for onsite storage and ships closed files to be archived offsite.
- Assists attorneys and paralegal with electronic filing of legal documents (Case Management/Electronic Case Filing CM/ECF) with the Court (training provided).
- Reviews files and corrects omissions in records; checks closed files to ensure proper closing procedures have been followed.
- Assists the Administrative Division with special projects (mail, moves, court runs, etc.).
- Serves as back-up receptionist.
Requirements
- At least one year of specialized litigation experience required, however over three years is preferred.
- Specialized experience reviewing legal documents (complaints, motions, orders, answers, pleadings, subpoenas, libels) for completeness; retrieving and assembling information for hearings/trials; researching legal sources; maintaining file systems; using automated software to produce legal reports/documents/correspondence.
- Requires excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Hands-on familiarity with MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat.
- Ability to consistently deliver highest quality work under extreme pressure.
- Ability to obtain a Public Trust Security Clearance.
- Must be a United States Citizen and have lived in the United States for at least 3 out of the last 5 years.
Benefits
- Health, Dental, and Vision
- Life Insurance
- 401k
- Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
- Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays
ATS Keywords
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Hard skills
litigation experiencereviewing legal documentsassembling information for hearingsresearching legal sourcesmaintaining file systemsproducing legal reportselectronic filingcorrecting omissions in recordscourt calendar managementtrial exhibit preparation
Soft skills
excellent written communicationexcellent oral communicationability to work under pressureattention to detailorganizational skillsteam collaborationadaptabilitytime managementproblem-solvingcustomer service
Certifications
Public Trust Security Clearance
