Foreclosure - Paralegal

Padgett Law Group • Southlake, TX

9h • Hybrid

About The Position

Padgett Law Group (PLG) is an elite, full-service creditors' rights law firm with practices in multiple states and national services in bankruptcy, replevin, and loss mitigation. The firm exclusively represents institutional clients like lenders, mortgage servicers, credit unions, banks, hedge funds, investors, and other financial services industry stakeholders. PLG utilizes technology to aggressively manage and process delinquent or underperforming loans, providing clients with an advantage in resolving complex legal matters. In 2019, PLG was recognized as a Top 25 Company to Work For by The M Report. The firm's mission is to attract and retain top talent while delivering high-quality legal services, emphasizing an ethical and empathetic client experience through a strong firm culture built on merit, respect, hard work, and excellent results. PLG invests in its core values of People, Precision, and Performance, seeking leaders who cultivate others and contribute to the firm's future. The vision is to be the most compelling law firm for industry best talent. Padgett Law Group believes in investing in employees by providing resources for success and a competitive benefits package.

Requirements

• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be committed to providing exceptional customer service.
• Ability to communicate courteously and effectively with borrower, clients, attorneys, other internal employees, and outside parties.
• Must be able to work with others in a congenial and team-oriented manner.
• Must possess exceptional organizational skills; the position requires the ability to multi-task and be adaptable to continual change.
• Attention to detail is a must.
• High-level proficiency in MS Office suite.
• Proficiency in internet research activities.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with client systems such as LPS, Tempo, Vendorscape and others is preferred.
• Good understanding of the legal process surrounding foreclosure preferred.

Responsibilities

• Drafting, preparing, assignments, motions, affidavits, and various other legal documents.
• Ensuring timely, courteous, and thorough responses to a heavy volume of email correspondence.
• Developing and maintaining congenial relationships with business associates and clients.
• Providing exceptional customer service to clients at every level of interaction.
• Providing support to attorneys in a high volume, time sensitive atmosphere.
• Preparation and filing of status updates prior to scheduled hearing.
• Providing regular and timely client status updates, as well as continual follow-up on outstanding documents and or services.
• Review expired Notices of Default and communicate with the client to ensure most updated figures have been received.
• Monitor for executed client declarations.
• File client declarations with the court.
• Researches and analyzes law sources such as statutes, recorded judicial decisions, legal articles, treaties, constitutions, and legal codes.
• Prepares legal documents such as briefs, pleadings, appeals, contracts, initial and amended articles of incorporation, stock certificates and other securities, buy-sell agreements, closing papers and binders, deeds, and trust instruments for review, approval, and use by VP, general counsel.
• Investigates facts and law of case to determine causes of action and to prepare case accordingly.
• Performs other clerical duties such as scheduling appointments, providing information to callers, taking dictation, composing and typing routine correspondence, and reading and routing incoming mail.
• Prepares affidavits of documents and maintains document file.

Benefits

• 4 weeks of PTO from day one (which increases with tenure)
• Paid Parental and Grandparent Leave
• 7 Paid Company Holidays and your birthday off every year
• Full suite of healthcare insurance options including health, dental, vision, STD, LTD, Accident, Critical Illness, Voluntary Life and AD&D coverage, and more
• Company-covered Term Life Insurance, AD&D Insurance, and Employee Assistance Program
• 401k (with company match)
• Extensive Training and Development Opportunities
• Flexible work schedules including in-office, hybrid, and remote working capabilities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed