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About the Role
This role is for a paralegal with strong experience in NY civil litigation, judgment enforcement, collections, and settlement negotiations. It is not an entry-level position. The paralegal will join the Settlement & Resolutions team, handling negotiations, finalization, and monitoring of settlements, which involves significant client, adversary, opposing counsel, and court representative contact. The firm seeks awesome individuals who take ownership, are helpful, and can be counted on, aiming to create an enjoyable work environment.
Responsibilities
- Negotiate, finalize, and monitor settlements
- Engage in significant client contact
- Interface with adversaries and opposing counsel to negotiate and facilitate settlements
- Communicate with court representatives and others
- Handle legal collections
- Review and draft settlement papers
- Review, understand, and summarize legal files
- Independently draft emails and letters
- Speak effectively on the phone
- Collaborate with colleagues
- Manage a busy inbox and task list
- Maintain documents in electronic filing systems
- Independently handle a caseload
Requirements
- Strong understanding of and meaningful experience in NY civil litigation (commercial debt and MCA cases preferred)
- Strong understanding of and meaningful experience in judgment enforcement and collections
- Strong understanding of and meaningful experience in settlement negotiations
- Not an entry-level position
- Comfortable and confident with daily interactions with clients, adversaries, opposing counsel, and court representatives
- Strong understanding of the legal process in collections matters
- Capable of reviewing, understanding, and summarizing a legal file
- Organized
- Detail-oriented
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Self-starter capable of independently handling a caseload
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to independently draft emails/letters and speak effectively on the phone
- Ability to collaborate with colleagues
- Proficiency in email management and organization
- Ability to keep on top of a busy inbox and task list
- Ability to maintain documents in electronic filing systems
- Proficiency in Google Workspace, Word, and Excel
- 1+ years as a paralegal with NY civil/commercial litigation/collections experience including NYSCEF filing
- Demonstrated high performance and dedication
- Neatness and organization
- Flexibility and ability to work alone and with others
- Great computer (PC) skills
Skills
- NY civil litigation
- Commercial debt and MCA cases
- Judgment enforcement
- Collections
- Settlement negotiations
- Legal collections
- Reviewing/drafting settlement papers
- Monitoring settlements
- Reviewing, understanding, and summarizing legal files
- Organization
- Detail-orientation
- Verbal communication
- Written communication
- Self-starting
- Independent caseload management
- Interpersonal skills
- Email management
- Task list management
- Electronic filing systems
- Google Workspace
- Word
- Excel
- NYSCEF filing
- Computer skills (PC)
Location
- Garden City, NY
Work Type
- Full-time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Not entry level
- 1+ years as a paralegal with NY civil/commercial litigation/collections experience
Salary/Compensations
- $58,240 - $91,000 annually (DOE)
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Sick leave
- Flexible scheduling
- Confidential teletherapy
- 401(k)
About the Company
- David Fogel P.C.
- Our goal is to expand our growing team with only awesome people.
- Our firm is comprised of incredibly hardworking and awesome individuals.