Real Estate Paralegal

Law Firm; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision/life

401k

Paid time off

Long-term disability

Short-term disability

Job summary

Condon Tobin Sladek Sparks Nerenberg seeks a real estate paralegal to support attorneys in coordinating and supervising all aspects of real estate transactions. You will interact with clients and title companies while maintaining confidentiality and professionalism.

Responsibilities include reviewing contracts, title commitments, leases, and related documents; assisting with acquisitions, dispositions, loan closings, and post-closing matters; preparing financing statements and transfer

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 4+ years real estate transactional experience.
• Paralegal certificate from an ABA accredited program is a plus.
• Proficiency with real estate databases, internet research, MS Office; iManage and ProLaw experience helpful.
• Strong initiative with analytical, technical, and critical-thinking skills.

Responsibilities

• Review/summary of contracts, critical dates and due diligence materials.
• Review/analysis/summary of title commitments, underlying title documents and surveys.
• Review/summary of leases and other real estate documents.
• Prepare/coordinate and assist with documentation for acquisitions, dispositions and loan closings and post-closing requirements.
• Prepare financing statements, releases and transfer documents.
• Electronically record documents and maintain electronic matter files.

Skills

Paralegal experience

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Independent decision-making

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor’s degree with 4+ years in real estate

Paralegal certificate (ABA accredited)

Tools

MS Office

iManage

ProLaw

Real estate databases

Job description

Job Description

Job Description

The real estate paralegal is responsible for providing paralegal support and assistance to the real estate attorneys in the coordination, management and supervision of all aspects of real estate transactions. This position requires contact and communication with both clients and title companies, while maintaining professionalism and strict confidentiality in all matters.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Review/summary of contracts, critical dates and due diligence materials.
• Review/analysis/summary of title commitments, underlying title documents and surveys.
• Review/summary of leases and other real estate documents.
• Prepare/coordinate and assist with documentation for acquisitions, dispositions and loan closings and post-closing requirements.
• Prepare financing statements, releases and transfer documents.
• Electronically record documents in public records and maintain electronic matter files.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree and four or more years progressive work experience in the real estate transactional area preferably in a law firm environment; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Paralegal certificate from an ABA accredited paralegal program a plus.
• Computer proficient with experience and working knowledge of real estate-related databases, internet research, Microsoft Office, iManage and ProLaw experience helpful but not required.
• Exhibit high degree of initiative with excellent analytical, technical, and critical-thinking skills requiring an aptitude for detail, precision, and logic in order to analyze and research real estate transactional data, process information, conduct legal research, and perform essential duties.
• Dependable team player with the ability to act independently and make decisions within scope of the position’s responsibilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, detail-oriented work environment, and adapt to changes in workflow.

We offer an outstanding benefit package which includes medical/dental/vision/life, 401k, generous paid time off policy, and long-term and short-term disability policies.

• medical/dental/vision/life
• 401k
• generous paid time off policy
• long-term disability policies
• short-term disability policies

Company Description

Condon Tobin Sladek Sparks Nerenberg is a full-service law firm practicing in the areas of commercial real estate, banking and corporate transactions, and business litigation.