Job Title: Paralegals and Legal Assistants Employment Type: Contract Work Hours: 37.5 hrs./week Work site: 100% On Site Location: 28 Liberty St., New York, NY
Preferred Education: Bachelor's degree.
Work Experience:
Minimum of 5 years of experience, but would prefer 10 or more years of experience.
Duties include:
reviewing notices of probate in order to determine whether an estate is required to register; reviewing charitable remainder trust filings to evaluate compliance with registration requirements.
registering estates, charitable remainder and lead trusts and wholly charitable trusts in Filenet and processing filing fees.
opening and assigning matters in NYMatters and adding status updates to NYMatters.
providing litigation support (including preparing and organizing exhibits) to attorneys handling contested Surrogate's Court and Supreme Court cases.
handling inquiries by telephone and email from outside attorneys and the public on trust- and estate-related matters and registration requirements.
working on special projects as needed.
Preferred Skills:
Experienced paralegal familiar with trusts and estates law, litigation support and document management.
A knowledge of New York registration requirements for estates and trusts with charitable interests is preferred.
Familiarity with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook is required.
candidates should have the computer skills necessary to become proficient in NYMatters and Filenet.
Candidates should be well-organized and capable of managing a high volume of work.
Good organizational skills, good communication and computer skills and ability to work with a team.
Misc. Information:
M-F 8:30am-4:30pm or 9am-5pm with a half hour lunch.
37.5 hours per week, OT would rarely happen.
There are parking lots in the area, but they are fairly expensive.
Most NYC subway lines stop very close to the office and the 2 and 3 subways stop under the building.
Interviews will be conducted remotely.
Training will be provided to the idle candidate.
Free parking available at job location.
City bus is in close proximity to the worksite location.
Seniority level
Associate
Employment type
Contract
Job function
Legal
Industries
Staffing and Recruiting
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