Paralegal

SSP Law Co. LPA is seeking a motivated attorney to join its growing Real Estate Transactions practice in the firm’s Hyde Park office in Cincinnati, Ohio. We are looking for an attorney who is eager to work closely with clients, handle sophisticated transactional matters, and play an active role in building a thriving practice.

For more than 30 years, attorneys at SSP have anticipated the needs of our clients and taken bold, strategic action on their behalf. We have earned a reputation of being business-savvy, pragmatic attorneys of integrity and aggressive advocates when our clients' interests are on the line. At SSP, we take pride in the legal services we provide and the products we produce for our clients.

The Paralegal completes daily processes and transactions to support attorneys to meet the needs of clients and ensures matters are moving forward as necessary including completing daily administrative processes and transactions.

• Draft and send correspondence to clients and third parties
• Draft, revise, and file pleadings;
  Serve pleadings on opposing counsel
• Correspond with clients regarding issues and/or needs for information/documents
• Correspond with and schedule court reporters, videographers, and other vendors as necessary
• Prepare written interrogatories and requests for document production
• Draft, revise, format, proofread, and finalize documents including letters, agreements, pleadings, motions, and other various documents as requested by supervising attorney
• Request necessary matter documents from other third parties including Secretary of State, attorneys or their staff, and other organizations
• Review and organize documents produced or to be produced in discovery.
• Research public records and laws, to locate people and/or personal information via Lexis, Internet searches, and social media
• Prepare, organize, label, and maintain exhibits and exhibit binders for depositions, mediations, hearings, arbitrations, and trials, ensuring all supporting documents are complete, accurate, and readily accessible.
• Search and pull documents or information on auditor and recorder websites
• Request medical records and bills from hospitals, clinics, and other medical providers
• Correspond with insurance companies regarding subrogation, status updates
• Prepare medical release forms for clients
• Correspond with opposing counsel and co-counsel
• Create and use client document sharing folders on One Drive and save/share documents with clients and/or third parties
• Draft and revise estate planning and administration documents
• Create organizational charts and lists for cases
• Research and coordinate with process servers out of state
• Draft disbursement letters following settlement of cases
• Download, review, and organize documents from the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation (BWC) portal
• Correspondence and communications with Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) or Ohio Civil Rights Commission (OCRC) investigators.
• Assist in preliminary investigations into cases, including participation in client intake interviews, preparing questionnaires, contacting third-party witnesses, and obtaining publicly available documents and information.
• Follow up on documents that have been processed, filed, and recorded and notify all appropriate parties

• File and record documents with the recorder's office, Secretary of State, and other government offices both electronically and via hard copy
• Maintain and update physical and electronic matter files with related documents including scanning incoming mail, saving executed agreements, matter notes, correspondence, and other matter related documents
• Coordinate and maintain attorneys' calendars including scheduling meetings and conference calls, entering important deadlines and reminders, and reserving conference rooms
• Open new matters, initiate conflict checks, create new matter files, complete new matter forms, enter new matters into legal management system and send fee agreements
• Prepare fee agreements and engagement letters for all new clients and existing clients, as needed, and track return of the same
• Answer phone calls for attorneys when attorneys are not available, and coordinate with attorneys regarding responses to missed calls.
• Promptly save email correspondence in appropriate client files, label with date email was sent or received and brief description
• Promptly save email…