Beacon Hill Staffing Group - Miami, FL
posted 2 months ago
A Florida business law firm is seeking a Junior Paralegal to join their Miami team. The team represents business clients in all aspects of corporate, mergers & acquisitions, securities, real estate, financing, technology, aviation, wealth preservation, and tax matters. The Junior Paralegal for the BFT team is responsible for collaborating closely and providing legal support to attorneys, paralegals, and legal assistants. This role is crucial in ensuring that the legal team operates efficiently and effectively, particularly in handling various legal documents and processes that are essential for the firm's operations. The Junior Paralegal will be involved in preparing and submitting matter opening forms, processing conflict checks, and preparing engagement letters. They will also create closing binders using Litera and save them in both PDF and paper formats if requested. The position requires typing, proofreading, formatting, and editing correspondence, pleadings, memoranda, agreements, and other legal documents under time-sensitive deadlines. Additionally, the Junior Paralegal will scan, save, and file documents from clients, other external sources, and internal sources into iManage, as well as prepare expense reimbursements. Interacting with attorneys and staff to gather necessary information to assist in the file opening process is also a key responsibility, along with providing support to legal assistants, paralegals, and attorneys, and working on other tasks as assigned.