Job Description
Paralegal (Municipal Law) High Point, NC
Join a respected municipal legal team and make an impact in your community. Our Client is seeking an experienced Paralegal to provide critical legal support within a fast-paced City Attorneys Office. This role offers the opportunity to work on a diverse range of legal matters, including municipal law, real estatetransactions, land use law, contracts, litigation support, public records compliance, and government legal operations.
Job Title: Paralegal Municipal Law
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Job Type: Full-Time
Salary: Competitive, based on experience
About the Role
The Paralegal serves as a key member of the legal team, supporting attorneys through legal research, document preparation, case management, property research, public records compliance, and administrative legal functions. The ideal candidate will possess strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to effectively manage multiple priorities in a professional government environment.
Key Responsibilities
Legal Research & Case Support
Education & Experience
One of the following:
Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit their resume for immediate consideration.
Email your resume to Julia Yeargan at jyeargan@theresource.com
Join a respected municipal legal team and make an impact in your community. Our Client is seeking an experienced Paralegal to provide critical legal support within a fast-paced City Attorneys Office. This role offers the opportunity to work on a diverse range of legal matters, including municipal law, real estatetransactions, land use law, contracts, litigation support, public records compliance, and government legal operations.
Job Title: Paralegal Municipal Law
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Job Type: Full-Time
Salary: Competitive, based on experience
About the Role
The Paralegal serves as a key member of the legal team, supporting attorneys through legal research, document preparation, case management, property research, public records compliance, and administrative legal functions. The ideal candidate will possess strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to effectively manage multiple priorities in a professional government environment.
Key Responsibilities
Legal Research & Case Support
- Conduct legal research in areas including:
- Municipal Law
- Real Property Law
- Land Use and Zoning
- Contracts and Transactional Law
- Research property records for real estate transactions, enforcement actions, and tax foreclosure matters.
- Utilize the North Carolina eCourts system, local court records, and Register of Deeds databases.
- Draft and prepare: Liens,Lis Pendens, Pleadings, Motions, Legal Briefs, Memoranda, Contracts, Ordinances, Resolutions
- Assist with legal correspondence and communications.
- Coordinate document production for:
- Public Records Requests
- Discovery Responses
- Subpoena Compliance
- Organize and maintain electronic and physical case files.
- Track deadlines and manage case-related documentation.
- Communicate regularly with attorneys, city departments, courts, outside counsel, and members of the public.
- Assist with special legal projects and research assignments.
- Perform administrative and clerical duties as needed.
- Manage multiple projects while maintaining accuracy and confidentiality.
Education & Experience
One of the following:
- Bachelor's Degree and at least 3 years of paralegal experience; OR
- Associate Degree in Paralegal Studies or a related field and at least 5 years of paralegal experience; OR
- High School Diploma/GED and at least 10 years of paralegal experience.
- North Carolina State Bar Certified Paralegal, or eligible to sit for the next available certification exam and become certified within six months of hire.
- North Carolina Notary Public, or ability to obtain within three months of hire.
- Meaningful public-sector legal work
- Diverse and challenging caseload
- Professional and collaborative work environment
- Opportunities for continued career growth and certification advancement
- Stable, full-time employment with a respected organization
Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit their resume for immediate consideration.
Email your resume to Julia Yeargan at jyeargan@theresource.com
Numbers & Facts
| Location | High Point, NC |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 50 to 99 employees |
| Year Founded | 1979 |
| Website | http://www.theresource.org/ |
About Company
The Resource is a full-service staffing, professional recruiting and consulting firm based in North Carolina. Privately owned and operated for over 30 years, people are at the heart of our organization, and we take a hands-on approach to each client and candidate relationship.
At The Resource, we’re passionate about assisting candidates in finding the next step in their career path, and ensuring it’s a role in a company where they will enjoy growing personally and professionally long-term. Utilizing The Core Assessment in the screening process, we’re able to understand a person’s innate unchanging nature and help individual’s learn about themselves. Our professional recruiters then utilize the candidate’s skill set and The Core results to match them to available positions in organizations where they will thrive. Further, we coach candidates on how to best market themselves for a given job.
Skills
- Administrative Skillsunmatched
- Attorneyunmatched
- Case Managementunmatched
- Contract Lawunmatched
- Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
- Detail Orientedunmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- Foreclosuresunmatched
- Governmentunmatched
- Government Regulationsunmatched
- High School Diplomaunmatched
- Land Useunmatched
- Legalunmatched
- Legal Briefsunmatched
- Legal Documentsunmatched
- Legal Researchunmatched
- Legal Support Skillsunmatched
- Liensunmatched
- Multitaskingunmatched
- Organizational Skillsunmatched
- Paralegalunmatched
- Project/Program Managementunmatched
- Real Estateunmatched
- Records Managementunmatched
- Research Skillsunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
- Time Managementunmatched
- Zoningunmatched
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