Legal Assistant

Legal Assistant Job Description: Law firm that specializes in Foreclosure Defense, Consumer Bankruptcy, Immigration, Matrimonial/Family Law, Real Estate and Loan Modification throughout the NYC Metropolitan Area, as well as NJ and CT, is seeking a highly motivated Legal Assistant for its Melville, N.Y. office. Responsibilities include: Installments: reviewing client balances and collecting past due invoices, verify payments made and if necessary, sign an updated C&A agreement. Client Updates: meet with clients to discuss updates on their case, verify journal notes, documents received, verify immigration case statuses online and time of processing to USCIS, communicate directly with the paralegal or the attorney assigned to verify the status/next step. Reviewing checklist and documents: meet with clients to verify and make sure that we have all the necessary documents for their case, create follow-up tasks when needed. Intakes: meet with clients to complete various areas of practice intakes. Client requests: inquiries, postponed payments, refunds, phone payments, emails. Review Forms/applications/documents: meet with clients to sign necessary forms, applications and documents needed for the different AOPs to be reviewed by paralegals and attorneys, verify with clients information is correct, relay changes needed to assigned paralegals. Draft Letters: Prepare Terminations letter, Release letters, contact letters, CCA. Assist liaison: collect documents, scan and save too systems, assist with faxing, return missed phone calls. Proficiency in Spanish a must. Job Type: Full-time. Experience: Legal Assistant: 1 year (Preferred). Education: High school or equivalent (Required). License: Paralegal Certificate (Preferred). Please send a resume with cover letter to careersatcabanillaslaw.com Attn: Lorraine Lopez HR Manager at [email protected].