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Legal Staff Paralegal in Waltham, MA

Law Firm Staff Oct 12,2018 Location USA Waltham MA
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Law Firm

Legal Staff

Litigation - Foreclosure (Lender-side)

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Law Firm Staff brings you up to date and high quality legal staff openings in law firms and in-house legal departments of business organizations. In addition, we help solo attorneys hire experienced personnel from the legal industry. We not only have the best law firm staff positions, but we also have the most. Paralegal Duties: Responsible for preparing draft correspondence and draft legal documents such as motions, complaints notices, orders and other pleadings in accordance with instructions and prescribed procedures; finalizes and ensures timely filing of legal documents with the courts. Maintains proper scanning/uploading of electronic versions of documents in electronic system and indexing and filing of hard copy legal documents and designated correspondence in the litigation/hearing files. Responsible for performing research including specifically internet, on-line dockets, people locator services as requested or required. Responsible for communicating with clients of our company, court personnel, and opposing/debtors counsel regarding the status of cases, and ensures that client vendor websites are reviewed and updated daily in accordance with company and client requirements. May be responsible for preparing and sending outgoing communications via appropriate methods, including e-mail, USPS, courier, facsimile, and overnight delivery. Responsible for proactively monitoring and timely notification of attorney of scheduled events as noted on the Legal Department Master Calendar and on the Outlook calendar of assigned attorney, including monitoring dockets and court dates, and schedules appointments as requested. Responsible for preparing, updating and reviewing task reports daily and ensuring timely completion of assigned tasks.

Qualifications: High School or better. Bachelor's degree preferred. Paralegal Certificate preferred. File and e-file with courts experience preferred. Real Estate, Foreclosure, default industry experience a plus. Must have general knowledge of court procedures; experience with local court processes and procedures preferred. 2+ years of law firm experience in litigation. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills required; capable of working individually as well as part of a team. Excellent telephone etiquette and command of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar required. Knowledge of technology, including common software platforms used by the organization. Strong Windows and MS Windows and Office (including Word and Excel) experience required.

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