Legal Clerk

BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated Legal / Paralegal Specialist @ Brooklyn, OH

Job Title: Legal / Paralegal Specialist

Pay Rate: $22/hr

Duration: 7 Months

Location: Brooklyn, OH 44144

Job Description:

This position is responsible for having full knowledge of the day to day functions of the Judgment

Processing Department and ability to provide coverage on all legal order processing.

Responsible for performing complex searches for accounts in compliance with Federal and State legal orders and for assuring immediate identification and full responsibility for securing funds.

Perform accurate and timely answers to courts, attorneys and agents as specified by law and in compliance with court ordered instructions. Perform quality control reviews to reduce risk associated with monetary losses.

Review, log and identify proper ownership and establish accountability with other lines of business for handling legal documents affecting Key.

Oversee the department in Managers absence by acting as the control point to handle exception situations and to channel information for appropriate escalation.

Responsibilities:

Perform immediate account searches in response to complex Specialty Order cases using system data to determine what type of information, balance, and account relationships exists for clients.

Must promptly read legal documents and make decisions on a case by case basis to determine proper actions assuming full responsibility for securing funds

Identify and immediately perform appropriate hold or freeze on accounts by applying the appropriate Federal/State Statue in conjunction with court mandated instructions to be arrive at dollar amount needing immediately secured. Make determination of allowable disclosure based on sealed/or restricted disclosure cases and assure confidentiality.

Process immediate turnover of funds, or moving funds to a bank holding account for future remittance.

Prepare formal “Answers to Complaints” on behalf of Key’s Litigation Counsel and assure proper filing to the court and all appropriate parties.

Compose answers and correspondence, disclosures to courts, attorneys/agents and clients as appropriate within established deadline. Assure case closing processes are completed as outlined in procedures.

Assure incoming legal documents are accurately and timely logged into JPex according to procedures and appropriate comments are added for difficult cases.

In addition, must review, log and identify proper ownership for all documents and establish accountability with other lines of business for handling legal documents affecting Key.

Research and respond to SRTS and TCS complaints involving release of funds often working directly with the plaintiff and defendant attorneys, legal department, account officers, and business contacts to provide options for case resolution.

Act as risk control point for the department by performing detailed quality review controls on large dollar orders. Perform quality review and certification process on data match files containing confidential client account information to assure proper recipient and disclosure of sensitive data.