POSITION: Paralegal
LOCATION: Dallas, Texas
CLASSIFICATION: Non-Exempt
REPORTS TO: SVP Legal
COMPENSATION: Commensurate w/ Experience
BENEFITS: Medical, Dental & Short-term benefits paid for employees
HOURS: 9:00 – 6:00
TRAVEL: None
SUMMARY
Provide paralegal and administrative support to legal counsel in the Compliance and Legal Departments.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Processing legal invoices for payment
- Pulling letters, telephone calls, and other data as part of subpoena responses and litigation research
- Monitoring the legal inbox
- Handling service of process on CT Corp. website
- Preparing regulatory complaint responses
- Assisting the research and lien release departments with various tasks
- Completing non-disclosure agreements
- Transcribing phone calls for litigation purposes
- Assisting attorneys with legal research
- Monitoring MERS Inbox
- Assisting attorneys with the preparation of pre-foreclosure documentation
- Assisting attorneys with the preparation of demand letters
- Reviewing emails from Client Services primarily regarding first lien foreclosures
QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
- Bachelor’s Degree with Minimum GPA of 3.0 or one to two years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent or a combination of education and experience.
- Paralegal certification a plus, but not required.
- Must be able to pass a criminal background check, drug screen and credit check to client-required standards
- Additional legal research certifications and coursework preferred.
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.