Hybrid Real Estate Paralegal
TemPositions Group Of Companies
Tampa, FL
Senior Real Estate Paralegal – Transactions | Tampa, FL
Full-Time | Law Firm Environment | Hybrid Potential Based on Team Needs
A well-established law firm is seeking an experienced Real Estate Paralegal to support a high-volume transactional real estate practice in its Tampa office. This role offers the opportunity to work on sophisticated real estate and corporate transactions in a fast-paced, collaborative, and professional environment.
This position is ideal for a paralegal who enjoys owning deals from contract to closing, working directly with attorneys and clients, and being deeply involved in both real estate and corporate transactional matters.
Core Responsibilities – Real Estate (Primary Focus | ~75%)
Support attorneys on acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, and financing transactions
Coordinate real estate closings, including:
- Preparing closing checklists
- Reviewing settlement statements
- Organizing and finalizing closing sets
Draft and review:
- Deeds
- Leases
- Purchase and sale agreements
- Closing documents
Conduct and analyze:
- Title searches, title commitments, surveys, and exceptions
- Zoning reports, tax records, and property data
- Legal descriptions for boundaries, easements, and encumbrances
Perform online research related to:
- Property ownership
- Condition of title
- Potential title defects
- Act as a liaison between attorneys, clients, lenders, title companies, and outside stakeholders
Corporate & Business Transaction Support
Prepare corporate agreements and closing documents
Handle:
- Entity formations and amendments
- Foreign qualifications
- Assumed name filings
Prepare and file:
- FEIN applications
- S-corporation elections
- UCC financing statements
- Manage compliance-related filings, annual renewals, and state searches
- Communicate with governmental agencies regarding filings and records
General & Administrative Duties (~25%)
- Manage deadlines and critical dates across multiple transactions
- Time entry, scanning, document management, and correspondence
- Participate in practice group marketing initiatives
- Delegate appropriately to support staff and case clerks
- Ensure full regulatory and procedural compliance
Qualifications
- 5+ years of transactional Real Estate Paralegal experience
- Experience in a law firm, title company, or in-house legal department strongly preferred
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and supervised legal experience
- ABA-approved Paralegal certificate preferred
Strong command of:
- Title review
- Closings
- Due diligence
- Corporate filings
- Excellent drafting, organizational, and multitasking skills
- Professional demeanor with strong client-service orientation
- Ability to thrive in a deadline-driven, fast-paced environment
- Team-oriented with the ability to work independently
Additional Requirements
- Meet abillable hour requirement of 1,550 annually
- Regular, reliable attendance is essential
Why This Role Stands Out
- High-level transactional real estate work
- Exposure to both real estate and corporate transactions
- Direct attorney interaction and ownership of matters
- Stable, well-structured firm environment
- Strong long-term growth potential within the practice
Company Overview
We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. We strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and expression), marital or familial status, age, physical or mental disability, perceived disability, citizenship status, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, height, weight, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Applications from members of minority groups and women are encouraged.
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About the Company
TemPositions Group Of Companies
Founded in 1962, The TemPositions Group of Companies is a privately owned full-service staffing firm offering temporary, contract temp-to-hire and direct hire services. We’re one of the largest regional staffing firms in the country, serving the New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and California markets.
While there are very few companies that can offer clients a truly broad range of skill sets, we can. We’re comprised of multiple specialized divisions, each staffed with individuals possessing years of hands-on industry experience. By having similar backgrounds to both our clients and the professionals we place, our internal staff understands the nuances and can select precisely the right individuals for the job. They can also proactively identify innovative ways of assisting our clients, and develop the appropriate systems or programs to translate these ideas into reality.
The TemPositions Group of Companies is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status or genetic information.