Carrington Holding Company, LLC · 3 days ago

Remote Litigation Counsel

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

$125K/yr - $175K/yr

4+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Litigation Counsel will be responsible for managing litigation, conducting research, drafting memoranda, and providing general advice and counsel relating to pre-litigation and litigation matters involving mortgage servicing operations.

Retains outside counsel, manages performance of outside counsel, reviews outside counsel invoices for accuracy and reasonableness, and oversees and manages performance of in-house paralegals.

Reviews recommendations from outside counsel to develop and implement strategies on pre-litigation and litigation matters.

Reviews settlement offers and makes recommendations to accept or deny the offer.

Works with outside counsel and paralegals to develop and implement strategies on pre-litigation and litigation matters.

Must meet billable hours requirement set forth by the department management.

Research and analyze relevant case law, statutes and regulations.

Monitors pre-litigation and litigation matters; prepares reports for management review.

Review escalated customer complaints and assist in drafting responses.

Reviews title issues and prepares title claims.

Works closely with business units in the tasks of responding to discovery, developing strategies, and resolving matters.

Assists with preparation of monthly and quarterly reports.

Ability to analyze and interpret correspondence, pleadings, case law, statutory materials, state and federal regulations, and communications from outside counsel.

Ability to operate in a fast-paced, high-volume environment

Ability to work with an experienced in-house legal team

Ability to creatively problem-solve

Qualification

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Law degreeMortgage banking experienceLitigation managementGNMA experienceFHA experienceUSDA experienceVA experienceReverse mortgage experienceIn-house experienceLaw firm experienceManaging outside counsel costsLitigation budgetsCustomer complaint resolutionTitle claims review

Required

A law degree from an accredited law school required

At least four (4) years of experience working as a lawyer in the mortgage banking industry, with at least one (1) year of that relating to mortgage servicing issues required