Real Estate Paralegal

Hinshaw & Culbertson•Miami, FL

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is a national law firm with over 500 attorneys across the United States. Founded in 1934 and headquartered in Chicago, we provide sophisticated legal counsel to clients in highly regulated industries, including insurance, financial services, healthcare, and professional services. We also offer strategic business and transactional advice to a wide range of for-profit and nonprofit organizations, including government agencies and educational institutions. Our Coral Gables office is seeking a Real Estate Paralegal with experience with both the commercial and residential transactions. The Real Estate Paralegal will perform a variety of duties such as prepare/update closing checklists, prepare/review closing documents and escrow instructions, coordinate closings and timely submit documents in a wide variety of real estate transactions, both routine and complex.

Requirements

Candidates must have a college degree and/or Paralegal certificate, with work experience as a real estate paralegal.
Three to five years of experience as a commercial/transactional real estate paralegal in a law firm environment, performing the noted job duties.
Must have the ability to read and understand legal descriptions, title reports, leases, loan documents, purchase agreements and other contracts.
Familiarity with title company forms, escrow instructions, preliminary title searches, easement descriptions, liens and recorded judgments, policies of title insurance and endorsements, trust deeds and grant deeds.
Must be familiar with balancing escrow disbursements.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills required to interact with staff, attorneys, opposing counsel, lenders, title companies, government agencies, and clients on a daily basis.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail required to handle large volumes of work associated with each case and transaction.
Must be able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Order and review tract searches, ownership searches, judgment searches, judgment and tax lien searches, and UCC searches.
Order and review title commitments, surveys and other underlying title documents, policies and endorsements thereto.
Order duplicate tax bills and estimates of redemption; order entity documents such as Certificates of Good Standing, Articles of Formation and certified copies of recorded documents.
Prepare/answer title objection letters.
Negotiate with title companies and other parties regarding title clearance matters.
Prepare and review/analyze mortgages, assignments of mortgage, and related financing documents.
Prepare and analyze loan documents and related due diligence materials.
Review zoning applications and related due diligence matters.
Capture and record billable time in compliance with firm policies and client guidelines.