Legal Assistant/Jr Paralegal

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.

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.

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.

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.