Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Legal Assistant

• Perform a variety of secretarial duties for assigned attorneys according to established policies and procedures
• Delegate attorney work to appropriate departments
• Prepare practice-specific documents, paper court filings and e-filings, and update electronic pleading/correspondence/closing folders
• Screen telephone calls and take messages for attorneys when requested
• Receive clients and visitors
• Maintain good public relations with clients
• Observe confidentiality of attorney-client relationship
• Read, sort and date incoming mail when requested
• Ensure that outgoing mail is delivered timely and specify types of delivery
• Schedule and calendar meetings and deadlines for attorneys
• Assist other legal assistants and attorneys in the practice group team as time permits and as requested by other attorneys, the Regional Office Administrator or Human Resources
• Review pro forma reports and make electronic revisions, when requested
• Open new files, request conflict of interest checks, maintain client and general files, conduct periodic review of possible storage of older files, and prepare files to be closed
• Perform other duties and tasks as assigned

Operations

• Conduct market research and competitive analysis.
• Perform research and segmentation of existing eControl sales leads.
• Assist attorneys and paralegals with sales pipeline management and opportunity creation.
• Create custom sales support documents for sales calls.
• Support the creation of marketing content that connects with clients at various stages of their journey.
• Perform Salesforce data clean-up and general administrative tasks.
• Participate in meetings as applicable.

Sales Operations Intern

Paralegal

• Assist in preparing for real estate closings for lenders, sellers and purchasers.
• Assist in the preparation of closing documents.
• Review closing documents, property records and maps.
• Manage closing process and transaction workflows.
• Assemble closing checklists, packages and prepare closing binders.
• Attend closings and assist with execution of documents.
• Assist with condominium creation process, including drafting basic documents.
• Perform research of property records and legal issues, and draft memoranda.
• Record and file documents in person and electronically.
• Prepare, review and critique deeds, mortgages, mortgage releases, UCC filings, easements.
• Obtain zoning letters and code violation letters.
• Obtain approval of property splits and legal descriptions.
• Order and review title insurance policies.
• Order and review surveys.
• Order and review UCC-11 searches.
• Draft and compile zoning and annexation applications.

Legal Assistant

Sales Operations Intern

Commercial & Real Estate Paralegal