Job Description
Job Description
Our client, a successful full-service law firm, is seeking a Real Estate Legal Assistant to support a busy real estate practice in Worcester, Massachusetts. This position plays a central role in helping attorneys coordinate complex property matters, maintain organized documentation, and keep transactions moving on schedule. The ideal candidate is highly attentive to detail, comfortable managing multiple priorities, and confident working in a fast-paced legal setting.
Role: Real Estate Legal Assistant
Location: Worcester, MA
Salary: $65,000 - $85,000 (depending on experience)
Schedule: Hybrid (4 days in, 1 day remote)
Responsibilities:
- Prepare, revise, proofread, and format a variety of real estate documents, including purchase and sale agreements, leases, easements, licenses, financing documents, organizational documents, and closing materials.
- Assist attorneys with commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, financing, refinancing, leasing, and development projects.
- Coordinate due diligence activities, including reviewing title commitments, surveys, zoning information, and corporate documents.
- Prepare closing checklists, organize transaction files, track outstanding items, and coordinate document execution and closings.
- Order, review, and organize title, municipal lien, and other due diligence reports.
- Maintain transaction calendars and monitor critical deadlines for closings, permitting, and financing.
- Prepare signature packages and coordinate execution through electronic and traditional methods.
- File and retrieve documents with state agencies, registries of deeds, and other governmental entities as needed.
- Draft routine correspondence and communicate professionally with clients, lenders, opposing counsel, title companies, consultants, and government agencies.
- Manage attorney calendars, schedule meetings, and coordinate conference calls and project timelines.
- Maintain organized electronic and physical client files in accordance with firm procedures.
- Assist with billing, time entry, expense reporting, and other administrative functions.