Overview
Legal Assistant/Jr Paralegal Jobs in Miami, FL at Berger Singerman
Title: Legal Assistant/Jr Paralegal
Company: Berger Singerman
Location: Miami, FL
About the Firm
Berger Singerman LLP, a Florida business law firm with over 90 attorneys and offices in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tallahassee, Orlando, Tampa and West Palm Beach. Berger Singerman serves a diverse client base with a Florida focus and international scope. We practice throughout the U.S. and frequently handle matters in Europe, Asia, and South America.
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Practice Team
The BFT Team represents business clients in all aspects of corporate, mergers & acquisitions, securities, real estate, financing, technology, aviation, wealth preservation and tax matters.
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Purpose of the Position
The candidate will be responsible for collaborating closely and provide legal support to attorneys, paralegals, and other support team members.
Responsibilities
·      Prepare and submit client/matter opening forms.
·      Process conflict checks and prepare engagement letters.
·      Create closing binders using Litera and save on PDF and paper if requested.
Type, proofread, format, and edit correspondence, memoranda, agreements, and other legal documents under time-sensitive deadlines.
Scan, save, and file documents from clients, other external sources, and internal sources into iManage.
·      Prepare expense reimbursements.
·      Interact with attorneys and staff to gather necessary information to assist in the file opening process.
·      Provide support to other support team members, paralegals, and attorneys.
·      Work on other tasks as assigned.
·      Tracking Files/matters from beginning to end.
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Experience Skills
·      At least three years of experience as a legal assistant or junior paralegal in the areas of commercial real estate and corporate.
·      Working experience doing conflict checks and engagement letters, preparing closing binders, and organizing closing documents.
·      Knowledge of legal real estate terminology.
·      Working experience with Microsoft Office, PDF Docs, Adobe Pro, Litera
·      Excellent Word Processing skills.
·      Excellent verbal and writing communication skills.
·      Proficiency in proofreading legal documents, redlining documents, saving different versions of documents into IManage.
·      Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
·      Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems.
·      Detail oriented.
·      Excellent organizational and follow up skills.
