Real Estate Paralegal

THE OPPORTUNITY

Summit Law Group is seeking a paralegal with advanced skills to join our efficient and friendly real estate group. At Summit, we value customer service, integrity, mutual respect, and hold high expectations of ourselves and our teammates. Summiteers are reliable, high-performers, upbeat, and reject traditional law-firm hierarchies. Candidates that share our values are encouraged to apply.   

POSITION SUMMARY

Our paralegals are highly competent, efficient, and valued collaborators. They participate in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions and are heavily involved in analyzing title reports and ALTA surveys, drafting documents; maintaining deal calendars; and coordinating closings; the successful candidate will be extremely proficient in all these areas. Additional duties include document review, project management, tracking due diligence, and corresponding with clients. This position is great for those with experience in title or brokers’ offices, though mid-to large-sized law firm experience is highly valued and ideal.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Draft, edit, proofread, and finalize real estate documents
• Review and analyze title documents and ALTA surveys with little direction
• Manage all aspects of purchase and sale transactions, including drafting closing documents, tracking due diligence, and coordinating with title and escrow
• Ensure compliance with client, jurisdictional, and firm requirements

Minimum qualifications

• 10+ years of commercial real estate paralegal experience, including:
  • Title and survey review
  • Deal management
  • Closing coordination, including title notices, CC&R amendments, and tracking deadlines
• Outstanding document processing abilities in MS Word, including styles, page breaks, and tables
• Tech-savvy and proficient in Excel, Outlook, Adobe, DocuSign, track changes, and web-based document management systems
• Excellent verbal, written, organizational, and interpersonal skills
• Commitment to meeting deadlines, follow-through, and attention to detail
• A willingness to learn, adjust to different attorney working styles, a proactive, “run to the fire” approach to work, and a positive attitude

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Summit strives for competitive compensation and benefit packages. We offer health, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability plans, with family packages available. Our Employee Assistance Program provides short-term support for mental health services, financial planning, and legal aid. 401K options include Roth and traditional accounts, matching, profit sharing, and immediate vesting. Summit also offers bonuses based on firm performance, commuter benefits, ten paid holidays, and opportunities for hybrid schedules.

While subject to change, we also provide offices for legal staff, firm-funded HSA accounts, and a dog-friendly firm.

The salary for this position ranges from $100-125k, depending on experience and skillset, given a minimum of 10 years of experience.

ABOUT SUMMIT

Summit Law Group’s nontraditional law firm model, founded on revolutionizing the way legal services are provided, focuses on a single principle: customer service.

Our mission is to think creatively, to proactively formulate and pursue the most effective, efficient solutions to our clients’ legal needs with small, dedicated teams. Everyone at Summit Law Group is a legal professional who shares in the firm’s success, and our attorneys are equity owners of our business. We have eliminated the inefficiencies inherent in traditional law firms – such as hidden charges, rigid cost structures, and leveraged hierarchy – to focus exclusively on our clients. Our innovative model has been proven by a long, successful track record that covers a broad variety of complex legal issues.

Summit is consistently recognized as a top law firm, both on the regional and national levels, and has been consistently ranked by US News & World Report - Best Lawyers and Chambers USA. Summit was also named Washington Firm of the Year at the 2021 - 2024 Benchmark Litigation US Awards and has also been recognized as one of Washington’s Best Workplaces for 2021 through 2024 by the Puget Sound Business Journal. We are especially proud that in its 2022, 2023 & 2024 Diversity Snapshot, Law360 recognized Summit as being among the leading law firms across the nation for diversity.  Additionally, we have consistently received Mansfield Rule Plus Certification since 2022 for our diversity in leadership efforts.  Summiteers take pride in working here. You can check out more stories on Summit here: https://www.summitlaw.com/blog/news.

Application

If you are interested in joining the Summit team, please submit your resume and cover letter via our application portal by clicking here.