Post Sale Legal Assistant

SUMMARY

Manage administrative tasks associated with processing foreclosure files, including drafting and formatting documents, researching lienholders, and providing overflow support.

Responsibilities

• Drafting, preparing, and formatting memoranda, correspondence, title claims and various other documents.
• Researching lienholders and ordering lien searches.
• Fielding calls from former owners, attorneys, junior lienholders, HOAs, and other outside parties in a courteous and effective manner.
• Ensuring timely, courteous, and thorough responses to email correspondence.
• Developing and maintaining congenial relationships both internally and externally.
• Consistently and accurately updating the firm’s internal case management system, as well as all clients’ systems.
• Providing exceptional customer service.
• Reviewing title exams and researching court dockets.
• Proper handling of conveyance documents and tasks.
• Providing overflow assistants to the title department and mediation department as needed, on a daily basis.
• Providing support to attorneys in a high volume, time sensitive atmosphere.
• Performing other duties and responsibilities as needed.

Education & Skills

• Minimum Associates Degree or at least 2 years of relevant experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Commitment to providing exceptional customer service.
• Ability to communicate courteously and effectively with clients, attorneys, other internal employees, and outside parties.
• Ability to work with others in a congenial and team-oriented manner.
• Exceptional organizational skills; ability to multi-task and be adaptable to continual change.
• High-level proficiency in MS Office suite.
• Proficiency in internet research activities.
• Familiarity with case and document management software.
• Experience with mortgage default client systems such as Loansphere, Tempo, Vendorscape Clarifire and others is preferred.
• Good understanding of the legal process surrounding foreclosure preferred.
• Ability to proficiently operate computer, fax machine, scanner, photocopier, typewriter, and telephone.

Physical Demands

• Frequent sitting, talking, or hearing.
• Occasional standing, walking, reaching, stooping, kneeling, or crouching.
• Occasional lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds.
• Close vision and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Normal office working conditions.
• Moderate noise level in the work environment.

Compensation & Benefits

A comprehensive compensation and benefits package, including a salary commensurate with experience and accomplishments.

Application Instructions

Submit your resume for consideration. Only qualified candidates will be contacted for further consideration.