Paralegal - Real Estate

Paralegal - Real Estate

Taft Taft is seeking a paralegal to support our Real Estate practice group in Taft’s Detroit (Southfield) office.

We are seeking a legal assistant with 5+ years’ experience to support our Real Estate team. All Taft employees operate under a “Client First” philosophy—in all things, we seek to provide exceptional services to our clients.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Coordination and review of title and survey
• Due diligence management
• Facilitation and preparation of closing binders
• Closing preparations
• Abstracting contracts
• Preparing checklist of critical dates and contract terms
• Drafting contract amendments and ancillary documents
• Drafting acquisition/sale documents and closing statement
• Managing title insurance commitment
• Proforma and policy terms
• Coordinating all aspects of the transaction closing
• Orders, reviews and analyzes title commitments, documents, property surveys and zoning regulations. Prepare and respond to title objection letters.
• Assist attorneys in solving title and survey problems which involves working closely with Title Company, surveyors and clients.
• Drafts deeds, discharges and other documents requested by attorney.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required, Paralegal certificate preferred, or any combination of experience, education and training that demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position

• Minimum of five (5) years commercial real estate experience required, preferably in a law firm environment

• Significant experience with commercial real estate acquisitions, development, dispositions, financing, and diligence

• Proficiency in MS Office application suite

• Proficiency in Adobe Acrobat, Kofax, and DocuSign

• Working knowledge of FileSite/iManage preferred

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Effective time management with ability to multi-task and shift priorities successfully to meet necessary deadlines

• Ability to work under pressure

• Ability to successfully collaborate with teammates to accomplish assigned tasks and projects

• Strong client service skills and the ability to follow client specific protocols

• Professional demeanor with enthusiastic attitude

• Ability to work overtime as needed

• Taft is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The information in this posting presents general duties, tasks, and responsibilities, but is not intended to be an exhaustive listing. Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP participates in E-VERIFY.