Senior Paralegal

About the Role

CoBank is seeking a highly skilled Senior Paralegal to join our team. As a key member of our corporate and transactional legal team, you will perform varied legal, title, abstract, and other necessary research to assist attorneys and supervisors with the performance of corporate and/or transactional legal work.

Key Responsibilities

• Draft and review complex legal, loan, and collateral documentation, correspondence, and opinions.
• Perfect collateral according to state statutes and maintain perfection of collateral to include extensions, amendments, and continuations as needed.
• Order UCC lien searches for verification and determination of lien position.
• Review, analyze, and organize title commitments, abstracts, policies submitted to CoBank, exception documents, and other due diligence items, including but not limited to surveys.
• Obtain and review organizational documents, complete signatory authority reviews, prepare borrower and guarantor resolutions, and perform follow-up, tracking, and maintenance of updated organizational documents.
• Assist in drafting, updating, and maintenance of standard loan documentation language and templates and mortgage templates.
• Assist in performing complex legal audits and reviews existing loan files to ensure compliance with quality controls.
• Maintain and organize legal files and legal electronic database, legal training materials, and manuals.
• Assist in document preparation for discovery requests and track legal proceedings.
• Assist in research of mortgage law to keep mortgage review binders current.
• Assist in drafting procedures and guidance.
• Perform legal research, including but not limited to cite checking, summarize research results, and recommend appropriate courses of action.
• Respond to customer requests related to status updates and details of more complex transactions, consulting with an attorney as needed.

Requirements

• Five (5) or more years of paralegal experience, preferably in a secured lending practice or law firm; or appropriate combination of education and experience.
• Bachelor's degree and paralegal certification preferred.
• Understanding of loan and collateral transactions and ability to audit a transaction or customer.
• Intermediate knowledge of legal, commercial lending, and lease terminology, title insurance, real estate law, the Uniform Commercial Code, and collateral documentation, with intermediate knowledge of some of these areas preferred.
• Demonstrated skills in Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, SharePoint, and Excel).
• Ability to prioritize and schedule work and projects with minimal supervision. Flexible to work with multiple teams and balance ongoing projects and work.
• Ability to work independently with minimal guidance, as well as collaboratively in a team environment. Acts as resource to others on the team, answers questions, and provides training as needed.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Strong detail and customer service orientation.
• Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.

What We Offer

• Estimated Base Salary Range: $75,037-$91,920
• Short Term Incentive Bonus: 10%

About CoBank

CoBank is a cooperative bank serving vital industries across rural America. The bank provides loans, leases, export financing, and other financial services to agribusinesses and rural power, water, and communications providers in all 50 states. The bank also provides wholesale loans and other financial services to affiliated Farm Credit associations serving more than 76,000 farmers, ranchers, and other rural borrowers in 23 states around the country. CoBank is a member of the Farm Credit System, a nationwide network of banks and retail lending associations chartered to support the borrowing needs of U.S. agriculture, rural infrastructure, and rural communities. Headquartered outside Denver, Colorado, CoBank serves customers from regional banking centers across the U.S. and also maintains an international representative office in Singapore.

CoBank requires all newly hired associates to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and new hires will be asked to register their proof of vaccination. Any offer of employment will be conditioned upon an applicant supplying proof of vaccination against COVID-19; provided, however, that CoBank may provide a reasonable accommodation for an applicant's known disability or sincerely held religious belief.