Job Description

LHH is looking for a Legal Assistant with experience in Corporate Law and Real Estate for a client in the Miami area. The position involves supporting attorneys with transactional matters, conflicts checks, engagement letters, document preparation, and trial closings from start to finish. After a 90-day onboarding process, the role will follow a hybrid schedule.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare and submit client/matter opening forms
• Process conflict checks and prepare engagement letters
• Create closing binders using Litera and save on PDF and paper if requested
• Type, proofread, format, and edit correspondence, memoranda, agreements, and other legal documents under time-sensitive deadlines
• Scan, save, and file documents from clients, other external sources, and internal sources into iManage
• Prepare expense reimbursements
• Interact with attorneys and staff to gather necessary information to assist in the file opening process
• Provide support to other support team members, paralegals, and attorneys
• Work on other tasks as assigned
• Tracking Files/matters from beginning to end

Requirements:

• At least 3 years of experience as a legal assistant or junior paralegal in the areas of commercial real estate and corporate
• Working experience doing conflict checks and engagement letters, preparing closing binders, and organizing closing documents
• Knowledge of legal real estate terminology
• Working experience with Microsoft Office, PDF Docs, Adobe Pro, Litera
• Excellent Word Processing skills
• Excellent verbal and writing communication skills
• Proficiency in proofreading legal documents, redlining documents, saving different versions of documents into iManage
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
• Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems

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