Foreclosure - Legal Assistant

Padgett Law Group; Tallahassee (FL); Hybrid; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks of PTO from day one

Paid Parental and Grandparent Leave

7 Paid Company Holidays

Comprehensive healthcare insurance options

401k with company match

Extensive Training and Development Opportunities

Flexible work schedules including in-office, hybrid, and remote

Job summary

Padgett Law Group in Tallahassee, Florida, is seeking a Foreclosure Specialist to draft various legal documents and ensure timely communication with clients. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication and organizational skills, coupled with a commitment to exceptional customer service. Experience with client systems like LPS, Tempo, and Vendorscape is preferred. This full-time role includes a competitive benefits package, flexible working schedules, and extensive training opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience with client systems such as LPS, Tempo, Vendorscape preferred.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be committed to providing exceptional customer service.
• Attention to detail is a must.
• High-level proficiency in MS Office suite.

Responsibilities

• Draft and prepare various legal documents.
• Ensure timely responses to a heavy volume of emails.
• Develop and maintain relationships with clients.
• Provide exceptional customer service.
• Support attorneys in a time-sensitive atmosphere.

Skills

Communication skills

Customer service orientation

Organizational skills

MS Office proficiency

Internet research skills

Tools

LPS

Tempo

Vendorscape

Job description

About Padgett Law Group

Padgett Law Group (PLG) is an elite, full‑service creditors’ rights law firm with practices in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Alabama, New Jersey, Kentucky, and Illinois. Additionally, PLG offers national bankruptcy, replevin, and loss mitigation services. The firm’s practice provides exclusive representation to institutional clients such as lenders, mortgage servicers, credit unions, banks, hedge funds, investors, and other financial services industry stakeholders. Leveraging technology in our partnerships with forward‑thinking clients gives PLG the ability to focus on the aggressive management and processing of delinquent or under‑performing loans, providing our clients with an edge when curing or resolving these complex legal matters. In 2019, PLG was recognized by The M Report, a leading default services industry publication, as a Top 25 Company to Work For.

Our Mission

To attract and retain the most talented individuals within our industry while delivering high‑quality legal services to our clients. We understand our crucial role as our clients strive to provide an ethical and empathetic experience. We contribute to that through our long‑standing and recognizable firm culture that is visible during every interaction with PLG—and amongst ourselves. At PLG, we stand on our decades‑long tradition of merit, respect, hard work, and excellent results, and we use that foundation for every service we provide. As a firm, we believe that our mission can only be truly realized through investment in our core values of People, Precision, and Performance.

Our Vision

To build the most compelling law firm that is home to the industry’s best talent, as we are today and as we grow in the future.

Benefits

Padgett Law Group believes in investing in our employees and ensuring that they have all the resources necessary to succeed—including a competitive, comprehensive, and valuable benefits package. As a full‑time PLG employee, you will receive:

• 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

We are currently recruiting for a Foreclosure Specialist!

Essential Duties and 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.

Requirements

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

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Prolonged time sitting at a desk typing, using, and looking at a computer.