Real Estate Closing Attorney

Real Estate Closings Attorney  (TRANSACTIONS )

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Serious
Diligent
Understanding of Rules and Regulations
Discipline
Supportive
Cooperative
Accountable and can hold others Accountable
Professional Work Environment
Remote Work from Home
Ability to advocate for Clients positions and protect client interests
Completing tasks from start to finish
Concern for getting work done on time and correctly
Extremely task-oriented.
High standards of quality and accuracy
Strong follow-through on delegated tasks and assignments
Following established policies and procedures and expects other to do the same

The focus of this position is working with and through others.  We are looking for an effective communicator.  The person in this position must be friendly and genuinely interested in the business, agenda, and needs of others, including the firm, its management, the team, the firm’s clients and referral sources. A persuasive, teaching style of communication is required to communicate the clients needs and advance the firm’s representation of the client and Firm’s profitability in line with the Clients needs.  A faster-than-average pace will be the norm for this position. Detail work is a major focus of the job, and those details need to be handled quickly, correctly, and efficiently. This portion of the work will often focus on relationships with others.

The job involves managing others, following up carefully, closely, and cheerfully is required to ensure both correct work and maintenance of the relationships. Necessary corrections must be made in a constructive, supportive manner. As time is usually a factor, the work must be done on time, as well as correctly. In general, this is a position where guidelines, structure, and established policies must be followed fairly closely, while working with and for others.

JOB CHARACTERISTICS

Each day different from the next; especially in personal interactions Fast-paced environment Multiple projects going simultaneously
Very socially-focused; requires “how can I help you?” attitude Lots of attention spent on building and maintaining relationships, especially where helping, not pressuring, others fosters the relationship
Adherence to established guidelines and procedures is important to involve others in the decision-making; to build consensus in transactions
There is a need for a persuasive, “selling” (rather than “telling”) communication style
Team environment: leader must be willing to jump in and roll up his/her sleeves to help out when necessary
Need someone who leads by example, with first-hand knowledge of area of expertise
Strong, friendly follow-up necessary on tasks delegated to ensure proper results

Job responsibilities

Real Estate Coordinator paralegal is a strong support and will handle a majority of the work throughout the transactions including drafting as needed with Attorney oversight.

Tracking the Client cases projects and files

RE closings

Communicate persuasively with other parties’ attorneys
Manage Buyer and seller closings
Managing RE coordinator (paralegal)
Verifying, Negotiating and maximizing Tax prorations
Negotiate attorney review and client positions
Strong attention to deadlines
Comfortable and collaborative, yet holds boundaries.
Able to obtain the best outcome for the client, while maintaining a smooth conflict free transaction.
Systems oriented, can work within and help organize processes and controls and increase efficiency in the closing (not add unnecessary processes, and can widdle down inefficiencies.

Attorney is responsible for tracking ALL THEIR time, Both billable and non billable time and will be tied to compensation.

Opportunity for bonuses based on firmwide profit and practice area profits.

Attorney will be responsible for billing at minimum 3.5 – 5 times attorneys compensation.  As firm profitability increases, Attorney Compensation increases.

JOB SKILLS FLUENCY REQUIRED

Licensed Illinois Attorney

Ability to travel to closings

Spanish Language Fluency (Speaks, Reads & Writes)

Microsoft office products (word, & excel)

PDF management and markups

Google docs

Google Sheets

Gmail

Time Tracking skills

SKILLS & FAMILIARITY

Case Management Software

Clio Manage
Chrometa

City of Chicago Building Code Violations and other Municipal Administrative Hearings Proceedings,

Experience in dealing with clients in the fields of Construction, rehab, real estate, building codes, building code violations, civil procedure, and administrative hearings procedures and deadlines.

If the above position appeals to you and you feel like you qualify please click the link below and complete this 4-5 minute assessment and then email us your resume cover letter and writing sample to clerks@evlawgroup.com.  Be sure to copy and paste the job title of this posting into the subject line of your email.

All candidates must complete the attached assessment, it will take 4-6 minutes of your time.  Please click on the link below.

https://assessment.predictiveindex.com/BP37/84eaf0fc-30cc-4e52-aa77-ba8334cf131b?type=candidateba