Real Estate Legal Secretary Job at Robert Half in San Diego

A well-established, full-service law firm in Downtown San Diego is seeking a transactional legal secretary to replace their retiring one.

This firm has an excellent reputation in the San Diego legal community, and the role will support a real estate partner.

Please do not apply if you've never worked in a law firm. The attorneys require this experience.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare transactional real estate documents such as purchase & sale agreements, escrow documents, and corporate formation materials - prior experience in this transactional practice area is a must!

• Monitor and manage the attorney's calendar (including providing regular reminders of deadlines)

• Draft and redline contracts such as commercial leases

• Compose correspondence and manage email communication with attorney clients

• Check for potential conflicts of interest with clients

• Work with title companies on preliminary title reports and escrow closings

• Prepare and distribute meeting minutes from annual meetings

• Handle the process of sending out contracts for signature via DocuSign

• Assist in the preparation of closing binders for real estate transactions

• Conduct research to obtain statements of information from Secretary of State website for various entities

• Process client invoices

Transactional legal secretaries with knowledge of AIA, AIR, and CAR are strongly encouraged to apply!

Pay is contingent upon fluency with the duties above.

• 5+ years of experience as a transactional legal secretary

• Ability to commute to downtown San Diego daily (no remote work for now, but firm provides a healthy transportation stipend)

• Strong knowledge of commercial real estate law

• Experience supporting partner-level attorneys

Send your resume directly to Melanie.Kent[at]roberthalf[dotcom] with "SD Transactional Legal Secretary" as the subject line.

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