Real Estate Paralegal

Job Description

At K&L Gates, we are looking for smart, imaginative and hard-working people with diverse backgrounds, experiences and ideas to join us.  Perhaps our search for talented visionaries and your search for important and impactful work lead to the same place.

We are seeking a Paralegal to join the Seattle, WA office. Working under the direction of the Paralegal Manager, the Paralegal supports lawyers, performing a variety of functions that may include factual research, document analysis, drafting real estate documents, coordinating title searches, performing title, survey, and zoning review and analysis. Successful candidates will be self-starters who can work independently and as part of a team. Excellent communication skills and a commitment to providing the highest quality client service are strongly preferred.

Specific duties include, but are not limited to:
 

• Prepare transactional closing documents, checklists, significant date memorandums, title objection letters, post-closing memorandums, and closing binders
• Conduct title and survey due diligence review and analysis for complex real estate transactions. 
• Coordination and analysis of UCC, litigation, and other public record source materials.
• Manage electronic data room files, including inventory of materials in data room files; experience with HighQ, DropBox, Box and other data room platforms.
• Track real estate development matters in Smartsheets
• Prepare and update matters in Deal Tracker
• Work with title companies to handle recordings in several jurisdictions
• Real estate parcel research in various jurisdictions
• Track transaction details; create and utilize checklists; monitor and follow-up to ensure completion and compliance of all required documentation necessary for real estate closings
• Utilize firm software and technology, specifically any practice-group driven technology
• Examine, organize, summarize, and analyze information relating to particular questions to create a logical and cogent work product
• Investigate factual issues by using a variety of resources, including local libraries, web sites, client repositories, and other outside sources
• Maintains client, matter, or practice group specific libraries in hard copy or electronic format (or both)
• Present results of all projects in effectively written memos, e-mails, or in logical discussion
• Coordinates storage of client information with the firm’s Records Department
• Maintain all administrative standards set by the firm, including the preparation and submittal of daily time entries, attendance at administrative meetings, and other administrative tasks as assigned

Knowledge, skills and abilities required:

• At least 2 years of relevant work experience in the legal field
• Working understanding of legal terminology specific to the real estate practice group
• Experience with title companies
• Expert level skills in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, and internet research are essential.
• Demonstrated good judgment, decision-making and follow-through skills. Persistence coupled with the ability to communicate effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization.
• Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated service orientation.
• Outstanding attention to detail, flexibility and creativity.
• Team player who is also self-motivated and can work independently with minimum supervision.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; organized and precise; is able to describe a set of facts in an organized, clear, and unambiguous way.
• Oriented toward continuous learning; adopts evolving technology tools and supports attorneys with same
• Outstanding project management, organizational and planning skills with ability to prioritize multiple tasks and projects and meet deadlines.
• High level time management skills to work independently and meet deadlines in an atmosphere of frequent interruptions
• Keep current in practice area industry trends and in the legal profession
• Take initiative in handling projects and anticipating what needs to be done

• Coordinates with vendors and service providers for outside services, if necessary, following the firm’s procurement policies

Working Conditions:

• Manual dexterity required for typing, reaching and lifting of small objects, and operating office equipment.
• Frequent computer use at workstation for extended periods of time.
• Mobility within the office including movement from floor to floor.
• Access information using a computer.
• Effectively manages and communicates confidential issues.

Salary: $94,000 - $157,000

ABOUT THE FIRM

K&L Gates is a fully integrated global law firm with lawyers located across five continents in more than 40 offices. We have experienced dramatic growth in the past decade and now rank among the largest U.S. based law firms in the world.  We take pride in constantly striving for innovation, imagination and an entrepreneurial spirit. We come up with big ideas and then roll up our sleeves to get the job done, guiding our clients through their most complex issues in a variety of industry sectors and across multiple regions of the world. 

The industry recognition the firm has garnered emanates from the foundation of a global community aligned on behalf of our clients. The people at K&L Gates are committed to working together to create a legacy for each other, the firm, our clients, and the communities in which we serve. We thrive in an inclusive and socially conscious environment that embraces diversity and takes a holistic approach to the career evolution of all our professionals.

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BENEFITS

K&L Gates offers our personnel a comprehensive suite of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time personnel include:

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

The Firm is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions will be based on merit, qualifications, competence, and business need. Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by a person’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related conditions), national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. This policy governs all aspects of employment including, without limitation, recruiting, hiring, compensation, benefits, promotion, assignment, and dismissal. In addition, it is the Firm’s policy to provide an environment that is free of all unlawful harassment including, without limitation, that based on sex, race, age, disability, or national origin. The Firm complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please contact askHR@klgates.com.