Paralegal - Real Estate (Detroit)
At Taft, we work as one team, driven and committed to helping our clients succeed. A full-service law firm with more than 1,250 attorneys and over 2,000 on our team, we have the collaborative approach, advanced technological resources, and depth of services that make us a preeminent law firm.
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
Interested candidates should apply here.