Legal Assistant (Corporate & Real Estate)

Job description

Legal Assistant (Corporate & Real Estate) Status: Non-Exempt, Hourly Reports to: Supervising Attorneys: Department: Legal Support: Job Summary: This position assists attorneys in the Corporate Services practice group researching, and handling real estate and forestry matters, closings and post-closing procedures. Responsibilities: - Receiving requests for title commitments from clients and requesting title reports or certificates of title from abstractor or abstract companies; receiving and reviewing title reports and drafting title objection letters and analysis of surveys. - Communicating by telephone, in person and in writing with buyers, sellers, realtors, lenders, appraisers, surveyors, insurance companies, title abstract and title insurance companies, taxing authorities, homeowners’ associations, attorneys, court personnel, and various other individuals and entities in connection with obtaining all necessary information for commercial real estate transactions. - Scheduling loan closings and reviewing of closing packets received from mortgage companies; preparation of closing documents, including closing statements, affidavits, tax information statements, payoff letters, repre...