What are the responsibilities and job description for the Litigation Paralegal position at Friedman Vartolo LLP?
The Company
Friedman Vartolo LLP is a fast-growing, New York-based law firm specializing in real estate and default services, with over 300 employees providing top-tier legal services to our clients in seven state. While our legal expertise sets us apart, it's our mindset that drives us forward. We bring a fresh, fast-paced energy that drives our momentum and shapes how we approach every challenge.
We are a company that chooses to dig deeper, solving problems at the root instead of settling for surface fixes. Here, there are no passengers because every individual adds value, owns outcomes, and moves the firm forward. With an underdog mentality, we embrace constant elevation, always sharpening, always climbing, and never coasting. When challenges come, we row together and lean in as one team to get the job done, no matter what.
The Position
Friedman Vartolo LLP is seeking an experienced Litigation Paralegal to join our rapidly growing Foreclosure team. We're looking for bright, enthusiastic individuals, who will bring a strong work ethic and eagerness to grow alongside the firm. Friedman Vartolo LLP is a real estate law firm specializing in lender-side default services and real estate litigation.
The ideal candidate will have a broad range of experience in litigation, we are open to most practice areas. Preference to candidates with bankruptcy, foreclosure, or real estate litigation experience. Candidate will meet time sensitive deadlines and must be well organized, have excellent verbal and written communication skills, and able to provide outstanding customer service to clients.
Responsibilities
- Provide service updates; client status updates; follow-up on outstanding documents and or services; coordinate with title contacts to complete outstanding tasks such as recordings; missing documents
- Draft and generate pleadings such as Complaints; Motions; Notice of Hearings; Affidavits; Defaults; Notice of Actions; Notice of Publications
- Job entails managing all administrative tasks of legal cases
- These tasks generally include editing and preparing correspondence and legal documents, maintaining electronic files, arranging depositions, correspondence, heavy calendaring
Qualifications
- Minimum of 2 years' experience as paralegal. Experience with Default Services in Real Estate, Litigation, Foreclosure and Bankruptcy Proceedings is preferred.
- Superior organizational skills, research, and writing skills.
- Detail oriented.
- Ability to work individually and on a team.
- Deadline driven.
- Able to manage a heavy workload, multi-task and prioritize.
- Works well under pressure.
- Excellent time management skills.
- Motivated to learn and advance.
- Bachelor's degree required.
Compensation/Benefits
Salary will be commensurate with experience. The firm offers a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, flex spending, 401k and gym/fitness membership reimbursement.
ADA Compliance
Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), it is the policy of Friedman Vartolo to provide reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or candidate with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship for Friedman Vartolo. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact Recruitment at recruitment@friedmanvartolo.com to request an accommodations.
Location
Garden City office