Legal Assistant
McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Birmingham • Alabama • United States
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About the role
- Managing all administrative tasks associated with the legal process of the nonjudicial foreclosure process.
- Editing and preparing correspondence, advertisements/postings, and other legal documents.
- Maintaining paper and electronic files, updating internal systems & client systems.
- Fielding calls and correspondence from clients, borrowers, and other outside parties.
- Ensuring the effective and timely delivery of outgoing mail, messenger deliveries, overnight deliveries, and facsimiles.
- Drafting, preparing, and formatting memoranda, correspondence, advertisements/postings, deeds, assignments, and various other legal documents.
- Developing and maintaining congenial relationships with business associates and clients.
- Consistently and accurately updating the firm’s internal case management system, as well as all client systems.
- Reviewing title reports and recorded documents.
- Providing exceptional customer service to clients at every level of interaction.
- Proofreading the legal documents as required.
- Providing support to attorneys in a high volume, time-sensitive atmosphere.
- Providing regular and timely client status updates, as well as continual follow-up on outstanding documents and or services.
- Coordination with title contacts to complete outstanding tasks such as recordings and retrieval of missing documents.
Requirements
- Minimum associate degree, Paralegal Certificate, or at least 2 years of experience as a legal assistant.
- Default law firm experience is preferred but not required.
- Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Must be committed to providing exceptional customer service.
- Ability to communicate courteously and effectively with borrowers, clients, attorneys, other internal employees, and outside parties.
- Must be able to work with others in a congenial and team-oriented manner.
- Must possess exceptional organizational skills; the position requires the ability to multi-task and be adaptable to continual change.
- Ability to read and write at a high level for proofreading and editing purposes.
- High-level proficiency in MS Office suite.
- Proficiency in internet research activities.
- Familiarity with case and document management software.
- Experience with client systems such as ICE/BKFS, Clairfire, Tempo, Vendorscape and others is preferred.
- Good understanding of the legal process surrounding foreclosure preferred.
- Experience with review of title reports and identifying chain of title issues preferred.
- Ability to proficiently operate computer, fax machine, scanner, photocopier, typewriter, and telephone is required.
Benefits
- Comprehensive compensation and benefits package
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
legal document preparationproofreadingeditingcase managementtitle report reviewcustomer serviceinternet researchmulti-taskingorganizational skillsadaptability
Soft Skills
verbal communicationwritten communicationcourteous communicationteam-orientedrelationship buildingexceptional customer serviceattention to detailtime managementfollow-upproblem-solving
Certifications
associate degreeParalegal Certificate