Legal Assistant

Job Description: The preferred candidate should have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and four years of full-time increasingly responsible professional staff administrative experience. Qualifying full-time increasingly responsible sub-professional, para-professional, or professional experience may be substituted for the required education, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of four years. The ideal candidate must have experience with property title searches/real estate due diligence matters and research skills. The preferred candidate must also possess skills in data entry, formal letter writing, records management processes, and other general administrative processes.

Key Responsibilities: Researching information using databases, the internet, books and case files in order to prepare files for litigation. Requesting information from internal and external sources in writing or verbally to ensure all relevant information is obtained.

Requirements: The preferred candidate should have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and four years of full-time increasingly responsible professional staff administrative experience in a legal office. Qualifying fulltime increasingly responsible sub-professional, para-professional, or professional experience may be substituted for the required education, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of four years. The ideal candidate must have experience with property title searches/real estate due diligence matters and research skills. The preferred candidate must also possess skills in data entry, formal letter writing, records management processes, and other general administrative processes.

Minimum Verification Requirements

Please complete the following verifications with Info Cubic upon candidate's selection. Additional verifications may be identified by the agency.

• TN Standard Background Check

  Baseline background check, plus motor vehicles report

  Global Monitor Check

  US Criminal Record Locator

  Federal Criminal History (7 years)

  Statewide Criminal History (7 years)

  County Criminal History (7 years)

  SSN Address Trace

  National Registered Sex Offender

Breakout Invoice By PO

Type Category Qualification Description Competency Required Skills Others Correspondence - Email Novice (1-3 Years) No Skills Others Correspondence - General Novice (1-3 Years) No Skills Others Data Entry Novice (1-3 Years) No Skills Others Legal Researching information using databases, the internet, books and case files in order to prepare files for litigation. Requesting information from internal and external sources in writing or verbally to ensure all relevant information is obtained. Proficient (4-6 Years) Yes Software Others Microsoft Excel Novice (1-3 Years) No Software Others Microsoft Word Novice (1-3 Years) No Skills Others Proofreading/Editing Novice (1-3 Years) No Skills Others Technical Skills property title searches/real estate due diligence matters and research skills Novice (1-3 Years) No Skills Others Typing Novice (1-3 Years) No Skills Others Verbal Communication Novice (1-3 Years) No