Real Estate Paralegal

Location: San Antonio, TX 1604 & 281
Work schedule: 100% onsite, Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

About the Job

• Prepare legal documents, review and research cases, and perform basic secretarial duties like answering phones, scheduling appointments, maintaining, and updating files, preparing for court, and scheduling interviews. 
• Review real estate contracts and provide insightful analysis.
• Effective communication skills, excellent organization abilities, multitasking capabilities, and professionalism. 
• This position operates computers and other office productivity machines (e.g., fax machine, copier, and printer) on a regular basis.
• Understand, draft, and file bankruptcy pleadings and escrow documents.
• Draft affidavits and prepare for depositions.
• Ability to negotiate contracts with real estate agents, buyers, sellers, contractors, and title companies.
• Communicate effectively with insurance companies and adjusters regarding cases.
• Collaborate with landlords, real estate brokers, housing managers, and other real estate professionals.
• Maintain organization of all court cases, hearings, depositions, and other court-related material.
• Transcribe, proofread, and file legal documents prior to deadlines.
• Attend meetings while taking and consolidating notes.
• Schedule court depositions, hearings, and other meetings as determined by an attorney. Keep and organize court files.

• Superior communication skills when collaborating with lawyers and coordinate with landlords, developers or other real estate personnel.
• Proficient in English language, grammar, and legal vocabulary to create and send professional court documents.
• Great organizational skills are a must to maintain complicated schedules of attorneys, court documents, and day-to-day agendas that keep the office running smoothly.
• Ability to multitask. You may work with multiple lawyers on several cases at a time, so you must be able to process several tasks at once.
• Strong understanding of legal terminology and real estate verbiage.
• Experient with court depositions and hearings.

• 3 + years’ experience as a real estate paralegal
• An ABA paralegal certification and/or bachelor’s degree in paralegal studies is a plus. 
• Graduates should be able to understand the basics of a career in law and real estate paralegal jobs.

Benefits:

• Inclusive work environment
• Health, Vision & Dental (Employee Coverage at Zero Cost) 
• Disability (STD, LTD), LIFE and AD&D provided (Employee Coverage at Zero Cost) 
• 401K - 100% of deferrals up to 6% of compensation
• 15 days of annual PTO (Additional 10 Paid Holidays) 
• MID & END of YEAR BONUS 
• Access to training webinars