Job Description

Status: Contract Assignment

Duration: 4 to 6 months to start, good chance of extension

Role: Legal Assistant – Liens Dept

Location: 100 % Onsite

Full-time hours: M-F, 35 to 40/week

Pay Rate: $20-$25/hour

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Benefits:

• Medical Benefits - after 30 days of contracting
• No 401K during contract duration
• No Vacation time during contract duration
• No Holiday Time during contract duration
• Five (5) sick days per calendar year

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Key to the role:

• Recent Bachelors Grads - 2023 or 2024
• Interested in the legal field
• Open to working 100% onsite in NYC

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Overview:

A lien legal assistant (or legal assistant specializing in liens) helps attorneys and legal teams manage all the paperwork, research, and coordination involved with liens.

Make sure everything about a lien is accurate, documented, and processed properly.

Responsibilities:

1. Document Preparation

• Drafts and files lien notices, releases, satisfactions, and other related legal forms.
• Prepares supporting documentation for attorneys and clients.

2. Lien Research

• Searches public records to identify existing liens on properties or assets.
• Verifies lien validity, status, and priority.

3. Communication

• Interfaces with clients, title companies, lienholders, and courts.
• Requests or sends lien payoffs, releases, or other necessary documentation.

4. Tracking and Management

• Maintains lien tracking logs to ensure deadlines (like filing or release dates) are met.
• Monitors outstanding liens and helps coordinate their resolution or settlement.

5. Court and Filing Support

• Files liens with the proper county recorder or court.
• May assist in filing motions or paperwork for lien enforcement or removal.

6. Litigation Support

• Helps gather evidence and prep case files if the lien is being disputed in court.
• Assists in judgment enforcement if the lien is based on a legal ruling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is preferred, and recent graduates are encouraged to apply.
• Understanding legal language and principles, research methods, court pleadings and processes, and other related matters is a plus.
• Adept at learning and using legal software.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, and to exercise discretion and good judgment.

• Seniority Level
• Entry level
• Industry
• Law Practice
• Legal Services
• Employment Type
• Contract
• Job Functions
• Administrative
• Skills
• Liens
• Litigation Support
• Research Methods
• Legal Software
• Confidentiality
• Attention to Detail
• Organization Skills
• Written Communication
• Document

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