Job ID: 49616
Location: Charleston , South Carolina
Employment Type: Direct Hire
Last Updated: 6 days ago

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Our client is seeking a full-time Legal Assistant for their Commercial Real Estate practice group.

Responsibilities:

  • Assist closing paralegals and attorneys as needed in all phases of a busy commercial real estate practice, including proper file indexing of documents and emails
  • Order title work, payoffs, zoning letters, tax bills, and any other documentation needed for closings
  • Preparation of engagement letters and conflict waivers
  • Opening of new files
  • Scheduling with clients, sellers, agents, lenders and vendors to process closings
  • Prepare closing documents for execution
  • Prepare post-closing transcripts
  • Process executed closing documents
  • Obtain and record mortgage satisfactions
  • Other administrative tasks for the real estate team (including billing, processing invoices and reminder statements)

Qualifications:

  • 3+ years of legal support experience
  • Associates degree or Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university preferred
  • Experience in a closing attorney’s firm required preferred
  • Title insurance knowledge
  • Experience with SoftPro preferred

Compensation/Benefits:

  • Annual salary of $55,000-$65,000 based on experience
  • Medical, Dental Insurance and Spending Accounts, Life and Disability Coverages, Profit Sharing Plan
  • PTO and holiday pay