Pay: $50,000.00 - $55,000.00 per year
Why This Is a Great Opportunity
- Join a professional legal team where your transactional support expertise will have a direct impact on attorneys, clients, and important business matters.
- Take ownership of meaningful legal support responsibilities across a variety of transactional work.
- Work closely with attorneys in a collaborative environment that values accuracy, organization, and dependable execution.
- Build on your existing legal experience while gaining exposure to a broad range of business and transactional matters.
- Enjoy a stable, professional opportunity designed for an experienced legal support professional ready to make an immediate contribution.
Location:
Belleville, Illinois — on-site, Monday through Friday.
Note:
Must have 3+ years of directly relevant transactional legal support experience. Candidates should be highly organized, detail-oriented, comfortable supporting attorneys with business and transactional matters, and able to manage multiple deadlines with accuracy.
About Us
We are an established law firm serving businesses and individuals across a broad range of legal matters. Our team is committed to delivering high-quality legal service while creating a professional, collaborative environment where attorneys and legal support professionals can do their best work. Confidential Employer.
Job Description
- Provide comprehensive legal and administrative support to attorneys handling transactional matters.
- Prepare, format, proofread, and organize contracts, agreements, correspondence, and other legal documents.
- Assist with drafting and revising transactional documents under attorney direction.
- Maintain organized client and matter files, ensuring documents and information are accurate and accessible.
- Coordinate signatures, closing materials, filings, and other transaction-related requirements.
- Track deadlines, follow-ups, and key dates to help keep matters moving efficiently.
- Communicate professionally with clients, attorneys, vendors, and other legal professionals.
- Assist with due diligence, document organization, and transaction preparation as needed.
- Maintain accurate records and handle confidential client information with discretion.
- Support attorneys with day-to-day administrative and transactional responsibilities.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of transactional legal support experience required.
- Experience supporting attorneys with contracts, agreements, business matters, or other transactional work.
- Strong document preparation, proofreading, and formatting skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Strong professionalism, judgment, and discretion.
- Proficiency with standard legal office technology and document-management systems.
Why You Will Love Working Here
You'll have the opportunity to become a valued part of a professional legal team while supporting substantive transactional work that matters to clients. The role offers variety, responsibility, and the chance to use your existing legal support skills in an environment where organization, initiative, and attention to detail are appreciated.
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Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance