PARALEGAL | FOR PRESTIGIOUS REAL ESTATE LEGAL FIRM - Principal Consulting Group : Job Details

Our client is a prestigious and highly acclaimed Real Estate legal firm. We seek a qualified Litigation Paralegal with a background in California Real Estate Law and exposure to land use and public agency.

The ideal candidate is experienced in Real Estate proceedings, proficientin subpoenas, case management, and document tracking, can work independently and within a team environment, and has excellent business acumen, verbal and written.

This is a one-day-in-office, six-month Litigation Paralegal Project that reports to the Managing Partner and offers excellent team collaboration.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support Litigation team in real estate due diligence, including title, title objection letters, lease reviews, municipal lien searches, litigation, and lien searches
• Assist in all aspects of Real Estate transactions, from contracts and loan commitments through closing and post-closing
• Work with the Legal team in subpoena preparation and follow-up, with the ability to draft basic pleadings, including motions to compel, mediation summaries, and initial pleadings, and organize litigation case files.
• Facilitate litigation partition actions, non-disclosure disputes, and construction defects.
• Exposure to the review of property acquisitions and dispositions, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and supporting the legal team in mitigating potential risks.
• Exposure to leasing matters, including lease negotiations, drafting lease agreements, and addressing lease disputes
• Understand Court Electronic Filing, Download, rename and combine court documents.
• Prepares closing checklists, critical dates, timelines, title commitments, title policies, closing statements, title and other affidavits, entity authorizations, customary closing documentation, etc.
• Review and edit legal documents with meticulous accuracy in spelling and grammar checks, fact-checking, reviewing privilege logs, and document formatting.
• Conduct research projects, including public records and publicly available websites for information on individuals and entities.
• Track, provide updates, and complete projects within given deadlines
• Support Legal leadership with document drafting, report maintenance, sending documents and correspondence
• Responding and reviewing discovery requests and discovery responses, handling common file conversions
• Attending meetings with external & internal stakeholders, including clients
• Assist in trial preparation (organizing exhibits, witness lists)
• Data entry in legal case management system software, including updating and maintain case status chart and maintaining subpoena chart
• Prepare templates, create case captions and proof of service templates in Microsoft Word
• Support Legal Leadership with calendaring, client meeting scheduling, and other administrative tasks as needed
• Work with attorneys in Adhoc projects as needed

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of 7 years of experience with a Bachelors Degree, Master (preferred), and Paralegal Certificate
• Proven experience as a Litigation Paralegal supporting Real Estate cases in the United States (California)
• Knowledge of California state and federal procedural rules, filing court documents
• Proficiency in Excel Word, including document management tools
• Exceptional writing and organizational skills
• Results-driven, capable of multi-tasking & prioritization, with meticulous detail and accuracy
• Ability to work independently & within teams, highly collaborative, capable of meeting deadlines
• Excellent business acumen- verbal & written communication skills