Title: Litigation / Transactional Paralegal (Hybrid)
Location: New York, NY
Salary: $65,000 - 75,000, Annually Depending on Experience
*No agencies please*
About Neufeld, O’Leary & Giusto:
As a prestigious 40 year old firm serving the greater NYC metropolitan area, we are offering the opportunity to join a growing office supporting 3 Attorneys. This opportunity includes the feel of a small law firm, yet provides the chance to explore a diverse variety of law within a sizable practice. We have developed and maintained a respected track record for counseling clients on commercial and personal matters. Our practice has a strong focus on commercial litigation, estate planning administration and litigation, and real estate transactions. The current firm schedule is 4 days in the office and 1 day remote. To learn more, visit our website: https://www.noglaw.com
Benefits:
- A hybrid schedule
- PTO: 3 weeks and 11 firm-observed holidays
- Monthly allowance for private medical insurance, if required.
- Annual performance based bonus
- Transitchek commuter benefit
- SEP IRA once eligible
- Professional development opportunities aligned with the firm
Job Responsibilities To Include:
- Supporting 3 Attorneys on paralegal, office management, and legal assistant tasks
- Leading transition of practice to new case management and billing systems.
- Conducting basic legal and public records research
- Assisting in entering attorney billable time, sending out invoices to clients, tracking expenses and payments
- Preparing documents including editing and compiling exhibits, redactions, table of contents/authorities, basic drafting of litigation, trusts/estate and real estate documents
- Communicating with clients, potential clients, Court clerks, and vendors
Required Background & Skills:
- 4+ years of total legal experience, including at least 1 year of real estate transactional experience and 1 year of litigation experience
- An interest in continuing to work in both the transactional and litigation practice areas
- Experience with hyperlinking and state e-filing
- Familiarity with case management software and LexisNexis
- Tech-savvy and not intimidated by the firm transitioning to a new case management system
Preferred Experience:
- Trusts and estates experience
- A Notary or willing to become one
- Experience tracking your billable hours
- Federal e-filing experience
- In person Court filing experience
- Paralegal Certification
Compensation:
The salary range for this position is commensurate with experience, ranging from $65,000 - 75,000 annually. Neufeld, O’Leary & Giusto is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, sex, disability status, national origin, or veteran status. Relocation assistance is not available for this position. This position is based out of the firm’s New York, NY office.
