Legal Service Specialist
About The Position
Receives and manages levies, garnishments, freezes, and summonses received by BankUnited, and responds to subpoenas and other miscellaneous legal issues. The role administers the intake, review, research, processing, tracking, and response of legal demands served upon the Bank, including subpoenas, garnishments, levies, restraining notices, tax levies, and other legal process. It coordinates with internal business units and requesting parties to ensure accurate, complete, and timely responses and compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements. Senior-level responsibilities may include any or all duties listed for the role, along with Grand Jury memorandum and master-log management, monthly general-ledger balancing oversight, and document scanning and storage.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED required.
- At least three years of related experience in banking operations and/or managing legal process, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, preferred.
Nice To Haves
- Associate's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.
- Legal Process certification preferred.
- Candidates residing within BankUnited's footprint may be given preference.
Responsibilities
- Facilitates and fulfills research documentation requests in Legal Demands.
- Administers limited guardianship accounts and remits court-ordered checks.
- Establishes and maintains liaisons with law firms and attorneys.
- Negotiates reimbursement from law firms to the Bank for research required by legal demands and court orders.
- Ensures summonses, complaints, and garnishments are sent to the law firm in a timely manner.
- Accepts legal demands served and maintains logs for them.
- Facilitates management of limited special asset loans to ensure compliance with agreements.
- Prepares invoices and dispatches documents to requesting agencies.
- Remits funds to legal agencies within the appropriate timeframe or as ordered by a court.
- Seizes funds from account holders in response to demands from legal agencies, such as the Department of Revenue and IRS.
- Maintains logs for Legal Demands files sent to storage.
- Administers the intake, review, research, processing, tracking, and response of legal demands served upon the Bank, coordinating with internal business units and requesting parties as necessary.
- For senior-level duties, manages Grand Jury memorandums and the Grand Jury master log and ensures BSA/AML and Quality Assurance Departments are notified of Grand Jury subpoenas received.
- For senior-level duties, ensures general ledgers are balanced correctly each month.
- For senior-level duties, ensures copies of defined documents and paperwork are scanned and stored electronically and originals are stored in the appropriate file.
- Complies with applicable federal and state laws, regulations, and guidance, including anti-money-laundering requirements such as the Bank Secrecy Act and US PATRIOT Act.
- Adheres to Bank policies and procedures and completes required training.
- Identifies and reports suspicious activity.
- Assists other department staff as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
