Foreclosure - Specialist [TPA]

Padgett Law Group; Tampa (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

Flexible work schedules

Job summary

Padgett Law Group, located in Tampa, Florida, is seeking a motivated individual to handle various legal administrative tasks. Responsibilities include drafting legal documents, managing a high volume of communication, and providing exceptional customer service to clients. The ideal candidate will have strong organizational skills, proficiency in MS Office, and experience with client systems. This full-time position offers an extensive benefits package including PTO, healthcare options, and flexible work schedules.

Qualifications

• Experience working with client systems is preferred.
• Ability to communicate courteously and effectively.
• Must possess exceptional organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Draft legal documents including assignments and motions.
• Ensure timely responses to email correspondence.
• Maintain relationships with clients and business associates.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Exceptional customer service

Organizational skills

High-level proficiency in MS Office suite

Tools

LPS

Tempo

Vendorscape

Job description

Description

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 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

What’s in it for you? 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
• 401(k) (with company match)
• Extensive training and development opportunities
• Flexible work schedules including in‑office, hybrid, and remote working capabilities

And more!

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 hearings.
• Providing regular and timely client status updates, as well as continual follow‑up on outstanding documents and/or services.
• Reviewing expired notices of default and communicating with the client to ensure most up‑to‑date figures have been received.
• Monitoring for executed client declarations.
• Filing client declarations with the court.

Requirements

Minimum qualifications (knowledge, skills, and abilities)

• 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 borrowers, 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 the MS Office suite.
• Proficiency in internet research activities.
• Good understanding of the legal process surrounding foreclosure is preferred.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

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