Legal Administrative Assistant - Real Estate

Min 1 yrs required

Full-time

No

Salary This position offers a competitive salary and benefits package.


# Legal Administrative Assistant - Real Estate

Winthrop & Weinstine is a business law firm of more than 150 attorneys with a deliberate culture of enterprise and fresh thinking. Located in the heart of Minneapolis and with a national reach, the firm delivers service, smart perspectives and practical outcomes to put the law to work for its clients. At Winthrop & Weinstine, the team works together energetically and creatively to achieve its goals. The firm is committed to dealing with one another fairly, respectfully and honestly to create a healthy stable and collegial organization. Every person in the firm is an integral part of the client service team and contributes to the firm's, and its clients', success.

## Job Description
The Legal Administrative Assistant - Real Estate is responsible for providing administrative support to the firm's real estate attorneys. The Legal Administrative Assistant will draft and revise organizational documents, create and help maintain closing checklists, act as a liaison between attorney and client, facilitate communication and transmittal of necessary information, advise and communicate regularly with the team regarding status of client matters, assist with deal closings, handle closing book and other related post-closing matters, send and track signature pages and original documents, calendar important deal closing dates, keep clients’ electronic files up to date with current organizational documents, monitor attorney inbox and electronically file client matters, open client files, process client invoices and attorney reimbursements, process document comparisons, form entities and obtain certificates from the Secretary of State and IRS, and complete other projects and assignments as assigned.

## Qualifications and Requirements
The ideal candidate will have strong attention to detail, accuracy, excellent grammar, proofreading and communication skills, the ability to work within a team environment and work well under pressure with deadlines, the ability to organize and prioritize work and follow assignments through to completion, strong initiative and creative problem-solving skills, experience with Box or similar cloud storage software, advanced proficiency in Microsoft suite and familiarity with FileSite electronic documentation, and at least one year of corporate legal administrative assistant experience in a law firm. An interest in the real estate industry is also preferred.

## Salary
This position offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

EOE Statement
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Drafting, revising organizational documents, creating and maintaining closing checklists, liaising between attorney and client, facilitating communication and transmittal of necessary information, advising and communicating with team, assisting with deal closings, handling closing book and other related post-closing matters, sending and tracking signature pages and original documents, calendaring important deal closing dates, keeping clients' electronic files up to date, monitoring attorney inbox, processing client invoices and attorney reimbursements, processing document comparisons, forming entities and obtaining certificates from the Secretary of State and IRS, completing other projects and assignments

at winthrop & weinstine, we work together energetically and creatively to achieve our goals. monitor attorney inbox and electronically file client matters

Qualification and Experience Advanced proficiency in Microsoft suite and familiarity with FileSite electronic documentation, at least one year of corporate legal administrative assistant experience in a law firm preferred, interest in real estate industry

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