Legal Assistant – Commercial Real Estate
Make an Impact Supporting a Dynamic Legal Team
A respected law firm is seeking a self-motivated Legal Assistant. In this role, you’ll provide essential administrative and legal support to attorneys and paralegals within a commercial real estate and transactional law practice. Your organization, attention to detail, and ability to manage competing priorities will help keep client matters moving efficiently and confidentially.
Salary: $60-65K base
Location: Cleveland, OH - onsite 100%
Required Skills
- At least three years of experience supporting a commercial real estate or transactional law practice
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, and Excel
- Experience with Adobe
- Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to prioritize and independently manage multiple tasks
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Commitment to confidentiality and professional discretion
- Ability to prepare correspondence and legal documents from written or verbal instructions
- Strong administrative and file-management capabilities
Nice to Have Skills
- Experience opening new client matters and requesting conflict checks
- Familiarity with docketing important dates and deadlines
- Experience logging attorney time for billing purposes
- Background transcribing dictation and proofreading legal documents
- Experience coordinating meetings, deliveries, expense reports, and calendars
- Willingness to provide reception relief and assist with overflow projects as needed
Preferred Education And Experience
- A minimum of three years of experience in a commercial real estate or transactional legal environment is required.
- The job order does not specify a required or preferred educational credential.
Other Requirements
- Ability to work onsite 100%.
- Ability to handle confidential client and firm information
- Flexibility to support a variety of administrative assignments and changing priorities
- Benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance; HSA and FSA options; 401(k) and profit sharing; and life, accidental death and dismemberment, and long-term disability insurance.