Legal Assistant - Transactional

• Provides administrative support to attorney(s).
• Communicates with clients and vendors.
• Helps prepare documents such as grant agreements, amendments, and initial drafts of routine legislation.
• Drafts, reviews and revises legal and professional documents.
• Reviews and analyzes documents and data to prepare matters for legal representation.
• Maintains, organizes and creates resources and databases.
• Coordinates and schedules conferences with clients and other parties.
• Analyzes plans, data, and prepare related documents.
• Obtain data from clients and third parties.
• Drafts correspondence and other forms.
• Creates documents from templates as necessary.
• Tracks and prepares electronic and hard copy reports and summaries, contracts or legislation.
• Establishes, organizes and maintains attorney notebooks, document indexes and lists.
• Organizes and compiles documents relating to contracts, closing documents, and legislation.
• Coordinates all procedures necessary to conclude the acquisition or disposition of real property
• Closes transactions by preparing and delivering necessary documents, contracts, and assists in closing.
• Handles electronic filing, files, and coordinate contract tracking
• Manage client expectations.
• Calendar scheduling and follow up for deadlines.
• Performs other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

• Knowledge of legal principles and practices at a level normally acquired through legal assistant experience.
• Proficient in Word, Outlook, and Excel data program management; knowledge of TABS3 software is a plus.
• Exceptional ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints.
• Ability to concentrate and pay close attention to detail for up to 75 percent of the work time when evaluating legal matters.
• Ability to proofread materials for contextual, grammatical, typographical, or spelling errors.
• Interpersonal skills critical in order to communicate in person, by e-mail and telephone and follow the instruction effectively from a diverse group of clients, attorneys and staff and provide information with ordinary courtesy and tact.
• Work occasionally requires a high level of mental effort and strain while organizing and maintaining multiple cases.
• Work may occasionally require more than 40 hours per week to perform the essential duties of the position.
• Ability to operate standard office equipment such as computers, photocopiers and fax machines.
• Ability to type a minimum of 40 wpm
• Ability to travel to private and public buildings locally to assist attorneys in attending to clients' needs on legal matters is essential.
• Ability to perform mathematical functions.
• Ability to lift 20 pounds.
• Ability to schedule and manage attorney's appointments on calendar.

• Three (3) years of experience as a legal assistant or three (3) years of administrative experience, or a master's degree - required.
• Experience in transactional law and/or government operations - preferred.

Salary : $50,000 - $60,000