Collections and Foreclosure Paralegal

Description

Becker was honored by U.S. News & World Report as one of the best law firms to work for in both the 2024 and 2025 inaugural lists, reflecting our strong commitment to employee well-being, professional development, and a supportive workplace culture. Come be a part of our award-winning team!

Becker is a diverse, multi-practice, commercial law firm with international affiliates and offices in Florida, New York, New Jersey and Washington, DC. Becker prides itself on client focused services and a commitment to always exceeding our client's expectations. Since 1973, we have been focusing on building a culture that is collaborative, creative, and passionate about growth.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including Employer-Paid benefits, Mental Health coverage, and even a 401k match! To fulfill our commitment to our employee's health and safety, Becker has committees – such as the Mental Health and Wellness Committee – that ensures our employee's individual health is always a priority.

We provide every incoming employee with individualized training to ensure that they are experts on Becker's use of above-industry-standard software and in their role.

Duties / Responsibilities

Association Actions

• Understand and comply with the provisions of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and related state laws.
• Communicate with delinquent owners via phone, email, and letter correspondence respectfully and professionally.
• Process payments from owners and prepare balance due letters, payoff letters, and estoppels.
• Review pre-collection notices from clients, ledgers, backup documentation, etc.
• Prepare Notice of Intent to Lien Letters, Notice of Intent to Foreclose letters, and Liens.
• Prepare and generate the complaint packages.
• Prepare and generate all foreclosure pleadings.
• Prepare and generate Stipulations for Settlement, if necessary, including the Order Ratifying the Stipulation.
• Prepare and generate the Motion for Summary Judgment, including the affidavit of indebtedness and the affidavit of costs. The affidavit of attorney's fees will be initially prepared and generated by the Team Assistant but will be completed by the Paralegal by confirming that the information is correct and by adding the estimated attorney's fees incurred to finish out the action.
• Prepare and generate all Notices of Hearing.
• Instruct Team Assistants with various tasks.
• Prepare and generate the Final Judgment, including the Notice of Sale.
• Prepare cover letter to the judge.
• Prepare the hearing folder for the attorney to take to the hearing.

Bank Actions

Bankruptcy Actions

Required Skills / Abilities

Education and Experience

Equal Employment Opportunity

Becker is committed to diversity in the workplace. Workplace diversity refers to the protection, respect and inclusion of all of the attributes that each employee contributes to the workplace. We strive for a workplace that welcomes and respects all employees regardless of any protected class status, including, but not limited to, race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, age, ancestry, and disability. We also acknowledge the other ways in which people are different, such as educational level, life experience, work experience, socio-economic background, and personality and recognize the value of these individual differences. We are wholly committed to creating hiring practices and a work environment that values and utilizes the contributions of people with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. As such, it is the policy of Becker to recruit, employ, train, develop, and promote employees on the basis of individual qualifications, competence, and merit. We believe that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and do not discriminate on any basis prohibited by applicable law. It is our goal to fully comply with the letter of the law, as well as its spirit and intent.

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