Paralegal: Court & Real Estate Support

Mecklenburg County Government; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 63,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Mecklenburg County Government is seeking an experienced paralegal support professional to assist the Office of the County Attorney. The role involves court attendance, drafting orders, conducting legal research, and maintaining confidential records across assigned departments.

This exempt position emphasizes accuracy, discretion, and independent work within the CFAS Division. The candidate should have at least two years in the legal field or related court/law experience, an associate degree in

Qualifications

• Minimum two years of experience in the legal field or court experience in a human services field or performing legal research.
• Associate degree in Paralegal Studies/Technology or a related field required; bachelor's degree in Paralegal Studies or a related field preferred.
• NC Bar Paralegal certification is required or the ability to obtain within 6 months of hire.
• Experience with legal proceedings and some familiarity with child abuse and neglect matters preferred.

Responsibilities

• Attends court as necessary, creates and prepares legal documents from descriptions and/or drafts of information to be contained within a document.
• Performs research of legal issues, precedents, laws, and statutes; analyzes legal issues/policies that impact the delivery of services by the Office of the County Attorney.
• Conducts research on establishing Compliance and Ethics Division and related issues and prepares outline for the process.
• Prepares a variety of reports and other types of correspondence.
• Depending on the area of assignment, research property values, deed transfers, and estates; provide legal support to Real Estate lawyers in executing various tasks such as preparing documents and doing research, reviewing surveys and related real estate documents, preparing contracts including leases and easements, reviewing title reports, preparing legal descriptions of the land, preparing other documents relating to county real estate transactions as requested.
• Responds and compiles records for outside public records requests.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Written communication

Problem solving

Teamwork

Education

Associate degree in Paralegal Studies/Technology

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Lexis Nexis

Online NC General Statutes

Microsoft Office

Job description

Mecklenburg County Government is seeking an experienced paralegal support professional to assist the Office of the County Attorney. The role involves court attendance, drafting orders, conducting legal research, and maintaining confidential records across assigned departments.

This exempt position emphasizes accuracy, discretion, and independent work within the CFAS Division. The candidate should have at least two years in the legal field or related court/law experience, an associate degree in