Melissa Morris
Senior Real Estate Paralegal
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Highly motivated self-starter, with 22 years of strong real estate paralegal experience
Experience
Residential Real Estate Paralegal at Corbett Law Firm P.C. (2024-06 – Present)
Residential Real Estate closer with Qualia experience
- Residential Real Estate closer
- Qualia experience
- Scheduling closings
- Communicate frequently with buyers, sellers, lenders and agents
- Draft legal documents
- Draft Deeds
- Draft Settlement Statements
- Disburse proceeds and loans
- Produce Title Commitments and Final Policies
- Review Title Searches
Senior Commercial/Residential Real Estate Paralegal at SEAN C. WALKER LAW, PLLC (2014-02 – 2022-10)
Senior-level paralegal managing complex commercial and residential real estate transactions
- Understanding of Commercial, and Real Estate Contract Law
- Manage, coordinate and review title and survey, settlement statements, and due diligence materials
- Prepare, review and file a variety of documents including deeds, mortgages, and memoranda of leases, UCC financing statements, and contracts
- Communication and collaboration with third parties including attorneys, agents, lenders, and vendors
- Communication in person, by phone and email with in-house attorneys and Paralegals to meet deadlines
- E-file recording documents and UCC statements
- Binders, ICL, wire instructions, HUD/CD, chain of title, research tax bills
- 1031 exchange closings
- Advanced proficiency in MS office, adobe, soft pro and pro trust
- Prepare preliminary and final title opinion
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Draft corporate documents
- Draft and coordinate execution of contracts
- Real Estate project development
Real Estate Paralegal at Homesley, Gaines, Dudley Attorneys at Law (2005-04 – 2013-07)
Real Estate Paralegal handling title issues, closing processes, and transaction coordination
- Collaborate with in house counsel and title insurance underwriters to underwrite title issues and coverage
- Communication and collaboration with all parties involved in the transaction
- Prepare, review and file a variety of documents including deeds, mortgages, and memoranda of leases, UCC financing statements, and contracts
- Prepare preliminary title opinion, update, record and final title opinion
- Review corporate documents for legal and escrow compliance
- Proactively manage the closing process to meet deadlines
- Manage, coordinate and review title and survey, settlement statements, and due diligence materials
- Oversight and management of office services with outside vendors to include agreements, NDAs, and insurance certificates
Real Estate Paralegal at Benbow and Phillips, LLC (2000-04 – 2005-04)
Real Estate Paralegal in corporate law and residential/commercial transactions
- Binders, ICL, wire instructions, HUD/CD, chain of title, research tax bills
- Corporate law, Real Estate Law, Residential and Commercial transactions
- Maintain Policies and Procedures, and Corporate Documentation
- Prepare, review and file a variety of documents including deeds, mortgages, and memoranda of leases, UCC financing statements, and contracts
- Coordinate, schedule and collaborate transaction deadlines
Education
Certification – Davidson College (1999-06 – 2000-04)
