About the role

  • Manage all administrative tasks associated with the legal process of the nonjudicial foreclosure process
  • Edit, prepare, and format memoranda, correspondence, advertisements/postings, deeds, assignments, and various other legal documents
  • Ensure effective and timely delivery of outgoing mail, messenger deliveries, overnight deliveries, and facsimiles
  • Field calls and correspondence from borrowers, clients, courts, and other outside parties
  • Ensure timely, courteous, and thorough responses to a heavy volume of email correspondence
  • Develop and maintain congenial relationships with business associates and clients
  • Consistently and accurately update the firm’s internal case management system, as well as all client systems
  • Review title reports and recorded documents
  • Provide exceptional customer service to clients at every level of interaction
  • Proofread legal documents as required
  • Support attorneys in a high volume, time sensitive atmosphere
  • Provide regular and timely client status updates and continual follow-up on outstanding documents and services
  • Coordinate with title contacts to complete outstanding tasks such as recordings and retrieval of missing documents
  • Assist with check down of closed, active, and hold files including forwarding invoices of foreclosures fees and costs, creating chronologies, and retrieving documents
  • Perform other duties and responsibilities as needed

Requirements

  • Minimum associate degree, Paralegal Certificate, or at least 2 years of experience as a legal assistant
  • Default law firm experience preferred, but not required
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • 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
  • Exceptional organizational skills; 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 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
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States
  • Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds

Benefits

  • WFH Flexible
  • Full-time Monday through Friday schedule (8:30am to 5:00pm)
  • Comprehensive compensation and benefits package
  • Salary commensurate with your experience and accomplishments

Job title

Foreclosure Legal Assistant

Job type

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

$21 - $25 per hour

Degree requirement

Associate's Degree

Location requirements

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