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, representation letters, closing binders and disbursement sheets; participation in closings; arranging for deposits of loan proceeds and disbursing all funds; filing of deeds, deeds of trust and UCCs with appropriate authorities; requesting title updates; receiving title updates and issuing title policies, and generally assisting closing attorney with all aspects of transactions, including gathering of preliminary information, ascertaining that closing is conducted in compliance with lender ’ s instructions, and compilation of closing documents upon completion. Receiving requests from clie