Legal Administrator

State of Maine • Augusta, ME

11d • $59,987 - $84,718 • Onsite

About The Position

The Legal Administrator is a supervisory professional services position in the Title Office within the Maine Department of Transportation’s Office of Legal Services. The role requires a strong real property background and proficiency in title abstracting, interpreting property plans, and drafting real estate transactional documents, including closing documents. The position provides title work and real estate paralegal support for property acquisitions and conveyances related to transportation infrastructure and other Department needs. It also supervises and trains the Department’s real estate paralegals in the Title Office.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree and four years of paralegal experience in a law firm, court, or legal services agency, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong real property background.
• High degree of proficiency and experience in title abstracting, reading and understanding property plans, and drafting real estate transactional documents, including closing documents.

Nice To Haves

• Real estate transactional experience.
• Title abstracting experience.
• Ability to understand and read plans.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review title work.
• Review technical legal descriptions and compare them with right-of-way maps.
• Incorporate legal descriptions into documents used in the Department’s condemnation process to acquire property for transportation infrastructure construction and rehabilitation, as well as other property conveyances.
• Work with the Department’s Property Office Manager, Chief Surveyor, mappers, and Transportation Counsel to resolve title issues and ensure title and mapping documents are accurate.
• Provide general real estate paralegal support for the Title Office.
• Supervise and train the Department’s real estate paralegals in the Title Office.

Benefits

• 13 paid holidays.
• More than three weeks of vacation leave annually, with accrual increasing with years of service.
• Personal leave for overtime-exempt employees.
• 12 days of sick leave annually.
• The State pays 85%–95% of employee-only health insurance premiums, depending on salary.
• Health insurance premium credit of up to 5% for eligible participants.
• The State pays 100% of employee-only dental insurance premiums.
• Retirement plan contributions equivalent to 14.06% of employee pay toward MainePERS.
• Additional wellness benefits for State employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior