Managing all administrative tasks associated with title review, title curative, mobile home curative, and conveyance processes.
Drafting, preparing, and formatting memoranda, correspondence, forms, affidavits, deeds, assignments, and various other legal documents.
Ensuring the effective and timely delivery of outgoing mail, messenger deliveries, overnight deliveries, and facsimiles.
Fielding calls from and making calls to 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 client systems.
Reviewing title reports, court websites, and recorded documents.
Updating Client Systems (Tempo, BKFS, etc.)
Providing exceptional customer service to clients.
Proofreading 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.
Performing other duties and responsibilities as needed.

Minimum associate degree, Paralegal Certificate, or at least 2 years of experience as an administrative assistant or 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 internal and external 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.
Must be a self-starter and able to function independently.
Ability to read and write at a high level for proof reading 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 BKFS, Clairfire, and Tempo is preferred.
Good understanding of the legal process surrounding foreclosure and title 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.

Legal Assistant

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