Residential Real Estate Banking Paralegal
Job Description
Real Estate – Mortgage Finance Paralegal with 2+ years’ experience. Must be a detail-oriented professional, well-spoken/written, organized, willing to take initiative, customer-friendly, highly responsive to constant client updates, able to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines, able to multitask, willing to travel within the 5 boroughs, Westchester, Nassau/ Suffolk. Ability to work on several mortgage finance files from loan inception throughout closing and post-closing with minimal supervision and a willingness to work overtime, if needed.
- Liaison with several major lenders to schedule closings with all interested parties; prepare final Closing Disclosures (CDs); prepare final closing packages and return post-closing documents in a timely manner.
- Prepare and review CEMA documents and Exhibit A Schedule of Mortgages.
- Review title reports and lien searches to identify and clear any open title issues.
- Review and approve all underlying documents and assignments in connection with CEMA closings.
- Attend bank closings on real property and coop purchases, as well as real property and coop refinances.
- Work on all post-closing matters, including refinance fundings.
- Prepare and file coop UCC1s, UCC3s, and Aztech Agreements.
- Assist on Coop Transfer files and attend closings.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree
- New York State Notary Public License (within 60 days of hire)
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Adobe Pro
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $70,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year
Ability to Commute:
- New York, NY 10004 (Required)
Honors & Awards:
· Crain’s Best Places To Work (2010,2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2025)
· Chambers USA: One of New York’s Top Real Estate Litigators: (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
· Best Lawyers: The Best Lawyers of New York City for Real Estate Law (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
· Top 100 Super Lawyers (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
· Highest “AV” rating from Martindale-Hubbell (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
· Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (92nd and 95th editions)
· Commercial Observer Most Powerful Real Estate Attorneys (2015)
· America’s Top 100 Bet-The-Company Litigators (2021, 2022, 2025, 2026)
· American Lawyer: Top Rated Litigators (2017)
· Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Ranked as New York’s Best and Brightest Company to Work For (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Please review the careers section on our website for further information on why we continue to win awards for being the best place to work: https://www.alblawfirm.com/careers/compensation-benefits/
Benefits include: Rolls-Royce of Health Insurance Plans, Firm Funded Dental and Vision Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Matching 401(K) plan, Commuter benefits, Subsidized 80% Gym Memberships. Every attorney receives their own office with a spectacular view.
Portable Business: The firm is very busy and no attorney is required to bring portable business or any business to the firm; nor is there any requirement to bring in business to make partner at the firm.
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· Our Team: https://alblawfirm.com/our-team/
· The Inside View: https://www.alblawfirm.com/?careers=adam-leitman-bailey-p-c-the-inside-…;
· Honors and Awards: https://alblawfirm.com/awards/
· “We Really Are a Family”: https://www.alblawfirm.com/we-really-are-a-family/