Legal Specialist
About The Position
Step into a high-impact Legal Specialist role where you own the full lifecycle of litigation—from suit filing to final resolution and beyond. You’ll be the go-to connector between clients, outside counsel, and internal teams, ensuring every case moves forward with precision, speed, and strategy. Beyond day-to-day case management, you’ll help shape smarter processes, support team growth, and collaborate across regions to improve outcomes. If you thrive in a fast-paced legal environment, value accuracy and accountability, and enjoy driving cases across the finish line, this role is built for you. The Legal Specialist role manages active litigation and post-judgment files to resolution while serving as the primary liaison between counsel, clients, and internal stakeholders. In this role, you’ll manage contested accounts, monitor court deadlines, review legal filings, and coordinate post-judgment actions like garnishments and liens—all while delivering clear, timely updates to clients. You’ll spot risks early, solve problems proactively, and keep documentation airtight.
Requirements
- Strong computer skills in various systems, especially Microsoft Office
- Time management and organization skills
- Proficient communication and comprehension skills, including professional written and telephone communication
- Ability to communicate via telephone or verbal discussion, including conversations that require making demands for payment and/or negotiating favorably for the company and our clients
- Adept at professionally responding to confrontational or evasive conversations if required during the handling of a collection account, including the ability to de-escalate emotion, and face confrontation
- Basic mathematical skills
- Basic telephone and calculator skills
Responsibilities
- Manage accounts from the time suit is filed through judgment, settlement, dismissal, or closure.
- Serve as primary point of contact with outside counsel for litigation status, pleadings, and strategy.
- Handle all contested accounts, including documentation review, dispute response coordination, and escalation as required.
- Review attorney reports and filings for accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
- Provide detailed litigation status updates to clients.
- Coordinate post-judgment activity including garnishments, executions, liens, and renewals where applicable.
- Monitor compliance with court deadlines and procedural requirements.
- Identify issues, risks, or delays and escalate appropriately.
- Maintain accurate, detailed CLS documentation of all litigation and post-judgment actions.
- Proactively recommend new approaches, policies and procedures to effect and improve upon administrative processes for more efficient workflow for the Legal Collections team and services performed
- Support new hires and other co-workers by assisting with training or other questions
- Respond to written correspondence from customers, and clients in clear, concise, and professional language by keeping language accurate, legible, complete, and by using a positive tone
- Continuously seek opportunities for process improvement and propose ideas
- Foster effective communication and collaboration between countries and cultures within all regions
- Assist in Legal project work as required
- Act as backup to other members of the Legal Department
- Maintain a high level of professionalism and confidentiality with all information entrusted with
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
