Paralegal

Company Description

Berkovitch & Bouskila, PLLC is a rapidly growing firm specializing in Alternative Business Financial Transactions, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Collections, and Commercial Real Estate Transactions. We are committed to providing excellent legal services to our clients and enhancing our team's professional growth. Our firm is known for its dynamic and supportive work environment.

Judgment Enforcement

• Conduct asset searches and investigations using public records, proprietary databases, bank subpoenas, social-media research, UCC filings, and other investigative tools.
• Prepare and file enforcement documents, including:
• Restraining notices
• Turnover motions
• Information subpoenas
• Property executions and income executions
• Bank and third-party subpoenas
• Orders to show cause
• Coordinate with process servers, marshals, sheriffs, and out-of-state agents to effect levies and executions.
• Track and calendar deadlines, return dates, and compliance requirements for all enforcement actions.
• Maintain judgment ledgers and update recovery status in internal systems.

Judgment Domestication

• Prepare and file foreign judgment domestication packages under:
• Full Faith & Credit / UEFJA
• Sister-state and federal judgment procedures
• Coordinate local counsel as needed for states requiring special filings.
• Monitor and follow up on clerk filings, docketing, and confirmation of domesticated judgments.

Document Drafting & Support

• Draft routine and advanced legal documents, including affidavits, certifications, discovery demands, proposed orders, and correspondence with courts and opposing counsel.
• Assist attorneys in preparing turnover motions, subpoenas duces tecum, bank levy packages, and garnishment applications.
• Maintain organized electronic files, document databases, and case management systems.

Required Qualifications

• 2–5+ years of paralegal experience in creditors’ rights, judgment enforcement, collections, or commercial litigation.
• Strong understanding of post-judgment procedures in New York and familiarity with multi-state domestication rules.
• Experience drafting and filing legal documents with state and federal courts.
• Excellent research skills using Westlaw/Lexis, county clerk systems, asset-search platforms, and public-record databases.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and ability to manage a high volume of cases.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Adobe, and legal case-management systems.
• Experience with e-filing systems in NYSCEF, PACER, and other state courts.