Legal Assistant - Commercial Real Estate
Robert Half
Atlanta, US
$70K-$90K a year
Permanent
Full-time
Our client is seeking a permanent full-time Commercial Real Estate Legal Assistant to join their law firm in Atlanta, Georgia.
This role focuses on providing comprehensive legal and administrative support to attorneys specializing in commercial real estate transactions.
The successful candidate will not only handle routine administrative tasks but will also be entrusted with more complex responsibilities over time.
- Assist attorneys in commercial real estate transactions
- Handle heavy document edits and use DocuSign for document preparation and execution
- Ensure effective communication with attorneys, clients, witnesses, court personnel, and opposing counsel
- Revise, format, and finalize documents as directed by attorneys, using tools such as Litera
- Prepare documents for signature via DocuSign and assemble / scan / copy documents / closing binders for physical or electronic production to clients
- Schedule and organize activities such as meetings, travel, and conferences for attorneys
- Manage and maintain attorney calendars and ensure pertinent deadlines are calendared
- Prepare monthly client billing for transmittal to clients according to firm guidelines, including review for edits / corrections
- Maintain personal correspondence, reading files, billing letters, expense reports, and time entry files
- Manage hard copy and electronic files, including document organization and maintenance, uploading to and downloading from third-party sites, creation of new files and maintenance of existing files utilizing an automated records management system
- Open new client / matter files as per Firm procedures
- Prepare FedEx packages and other mailings, and monitor tracking for the same
- Analyze factual information under the supervision of the assigning attorney.
2 days ago