BIlingual Legal Assistant-Pre-Litigation

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for a skilled Legal Assistant to join our Special Collections department, which manages delinquent Business-Personal Property (BPP) taxes. In this role, the Legal Assistant will be responsible for overseeing payment plans, conducting research on the status of corporate entities, and performing skip tracing. Additionally, the Legal Assistant will play a key role in ensuring the efficient management of delinquent tax accounts through a variety of administrative, research, and organizational tasks.

The ideal candidate will be highly organized, capable of multitasking, and proactive in managing multiple priorities. They must be adaptable to changing deadlines and able to work independently with minimal supervision while maintaining a high level of productivity. Previous experience in legal and tax-related fields is highly preferred.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Views and obtains court documents online
• Evaluate delinquent tax roll
• Document all activities in the appropriate internal system(s)
• Uses various skip-tracing methods to locate delinquent taxpayers and defendants in lawsuits to build lawsuit packet
• Updates address records in Oracle database
• Monitoring payments on eligible accounts
• Researching status of corporate entities
• Gathers information regarding delinquent tax accounts and provides reports to paralegals and Attorneys as requested
• Upload and respond to incoming department mail
• Create field visit packets for paralegals
• Views and obtains court documents online
• Evaluate delinquent tax roll

Qualifications

Education & Experience