Debt Resolution Specialist

National law firm seeks a qualified legal assistant with a great work ethic to join its team. This position is in our Nevada headquarters, in our Consumer advocacy division.

ABOUT THE LAW FIRM

We are a rapidly growing law firm with 90 employees and in our 17th year. The law firm's goal is to not only have you play an important role in its success, but to also provide you with opportunities to develop your professional skills and be a part of a team of employees who have fun while working to solve problems for our clients.

Learn about our company culture by clicking the link below:

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General Job Description: The Negotiations Assistant works with the attorneys and the litigation team to help our clients resolve their debts by assisting with negotiations on litigation accounts. Serves as liaison between the law firm, client vendors, attorneys, creditors, and opposing counsels.

Role in Mission: The primary person responsible for assisting the attorneys and working with the clients to help settle their debts.

General Job Description: The Negotiations Assistant works with the attorneys and the litigation team to help our clients resolve their debts by assisting with negotiations on litigation accounts. Serves as liaison between the law firm, client vendors, attorneys, creditors, and opposing counsels.

Role in Mission: The primary person responsible for assisting the attorneys and working with the clients to help settle their debts.

Key Specific Duties:

• Communicate with opposing parties to negotiate settlement terms and amounts for accounts.
• Communicate offers with clients, vendors, opposing parties.
• Communicate with clients and vendors to determine client's budget to settle an account.
• Keep case management system up to date with notes and progress.
• Coordinate with paralegals and attorneys while working on settling a case.
• Correspond with client vendors to ensure creditor payments are sent in a timely manner.
• Follow up with clients and vendors for payment of filing fees and legal costs.

How Success is Measured:

• Ability to deliver outstanding customer support and vendor support
• Ability to prioritize cases within workflow based on urgency or need
• Ability to communicate effectively with opposing parties.
• Ability to stay on top of tasks and cases to ensure efficient settlement
• Ability to efficiently manage a high volume of cases
• Ability to be extremely organized
• Ability to have great time management
• Ability to be flexible when emergencies arise
• Ability to spot inefficiencies and to formulate and implement positive innovations that improve procedures
• Ability to work well with others and bring and maintain a positive attitude

Desired Skills:

• Attention to detail
• Extremely well organized
• Excellent time management
• Excellent ability to multi-task and to follow-up
• Able to take criticism well
• Interest/experience in the legal field
• Debt settlement industry experience a plus
• Experience with Microsoft Suite / Spreadsheets
• Billing experience a plus

IMPORTANT LEGAL MUMBO-JUMBO

We are an equal opportunity employer, meaning that we do not discriminate in favor of or against anyone based on age, race, religion, gender, ethnicity or any other legally protected class. Job description, duties and hours are subject to change. This is an at-will position.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.00 - $20.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

• Please share your Linkedin profile link:
• This position requires a background check. Are you willing to do a background check if offered this position? :
• Please provide 3 professional references:

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Experience:

• Negotiation: 2 years (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $18 - $20