Job Description
Padgett Law Group (PLG) is an elite, full service creditors' rights law firm with practices in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Alabama, New Jersey, Kentucky, and Illinois. Additionally, PLG offers national bankruptcy, replevin, and loss mitigation services. The firm’s practice provides exclusive representation to institutional clients such as lenders, mortgage servicers, credit unions, banks, hedge funds, investors and other financial services industry stakeholders. Leveraging technology in our partnerships with forward-thinking clients gives PLG the ability to focus on the aggressive management and processing of delinquent or under performing loans, providing our clients with an edge when curing or resolving these complex legal matters. In 2019, PLG was recognized by The M Report, a leading default services industry publication, as a Top 25 Company to Work For.
?At Padgett Law Group, our mission is simple: to attract and retain the most talented individuals within our industry while delivering high-quality legal services to our clients. We understand our crucial role as our clients strive to provide an ethical and empathetic experience. We contribute to that through our long-standing and recognizable firm culture that is visible during every interaction with PLG—and amongst ourselves. At PLG, we stand on our decades-long tradition of merit, respect, hard work, and excellent results, and we use that foundation for every service we provide. As a firm, we believe that our mission can only be truly realized through investment in our core values of People, Precision, and Performance.
At Padgett Law Group, we're not just looking for talented employees to join our growing team. We're looking for leaders who cultivate those around them and contribute to our path forward; we're looking for individuals who appreciate our culture and commit to our shared goals; we're looking for people who want to be more than employees, processors, or paper pushers.
Our vision is to build the most compelling law firm that is home to the industry’s best talent, as we are today and as we grow in the future.
What’s in it for you? Padgett Law Group believes in investing in our employees and ensuring that they have all the resources necessary to succeed - including a competitive, comprehensive, and valuable benefits package. As a full-time PLG employee, you will receive:
· 4 weeks of PTO from day one (which increases with tenure)
· Paid Parental and Grandparent Leave
· 7 Paid Company Holidays and your birthday off every year
· Full suite of healthcare insurance options including health, dental, vision, STD, LTD, Accident, Critical Illness, Voluntary Life and AD&D coverage, and more
· Company-covered Term Life Insurance, AD&D Insurance, and Employee Assistance Program
· 401k (with company match)
· Extensive Training and Development Opportunities
· Flexible work schedules including in-office, hybrid, and remote working capabilities
And more!
Position Summary
The Post-Judgment Motion Specialist is responsible for managing post-judgment foreclosure activity related to foreclosure sales within a high-volume Florida foreclosure practice. This position plays a critical role in ensuring foreclosure sales are timely scheduled, canceled, postponed, or reset in accordance with client instructions, court requirements, and procedural deadlines.
This role requires extensive knowledge of Florida foreclosure procedures, county-specific and judge-specific requirements, judicial submission platforms, and client servicing systems. The Post-Judgment Motion Specialist will work closely with attorneys, paralegals, clients, and court personnel to ensure sale-related matters are handled accurately and efficiently, including urgent requests that may arise shortly before a scheduled foreclosure sale.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:
• Prepare, review, and electronically file post-judgment motions, including Motions to Set Sale, Motions to Cancel Sale, Motions to Reset Sale, Motions to Vacate Sale, and other sale-related pleadings.
• Prepare proposed orders and supporting documentation for submission to courts and judicial review platforms.
• Monitor foreclosure sale activity and ensure all required post-judgment actions are completed within client and court deadlines.
• Serve as the firm’s subject matter expert for foreclosure sale procedures, including county-specific requirements, judicial preferences, emergency sale cancellations, expedited order entry processes, and proper submission of proposed orders through applicable judicial platforms.
• Review client instructions, bankruptcy notices, reinstatements, payoffs, loan modifications, and other events impacting scheduled foreclosure sales.
• Process urgent sale cancellation and postponement requests, including matters requiring same-day or expedited handling.
• Navigate county-specific and judge-specific procedures to facilitate timely entry of sale-related orders.
• Submit pleadings and proposed orders through the Florida E-Filing Portal, CourtMAP, JAWS, JACS, Benchmark, and other county-specific systems as required.
• Maintain and update client systems, case management systems, and workflow platforms to ensure accurate status reporting and milestone tracking.
• Review court dockets, orders, and case activity to determine appropriate next steps and required action.
• Communicate with attorneys, judicial assistants, court personnel, clients, and internal departments regarding pending sale-related matters.
• Assist with identifying and resolving procedural issues that may impact foreclosure sale timelines.
• Ensure compliance with firm procedures, court requirements, investor guidelines, and client expectations.
• Support high-volume foreclosure operations through accurate and timely management of post-judgment workflow.
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)
• Minimum three years of Florida foreclosure experience, with emphasis on post-judgment or foreclosure sales processes preferred.
• Experience preparing and filing foreclosure motions and proposed orders.
• Thorough knowledge of Florida foreclosure procedures, judicial sales processes, and county-specific requirements.
• Experience utilizing Black Knight/LPS, SSC, Tempo, CaseAware, and other client servicing and case management platforms.
• Experience utilizing Florida court systems, including E-Filing Portal, CourtMAP, JAWS, JACS, Benchmark, and county-specific judicial platforms.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage a high-volume inventory and prioritize urgent requests with competing deadlines.
• Strong written communication and follow-through skills.
• Ability to work independently while exercising sound judgment in time-sensitive situations.
• Experience with client reporting systems, workflow management tools, and foreclosure servicing platforms preferred.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
This position requires extended periods of sitting while working on a computer, reviewing legal documents, monitoring court dockets, and maintaining workflow queues. The employee must be able to effectively communicate with attorneys, court personnel, clients, judicial assistants, and team members via telephone, email, video conference, and other electronic means.
The employee must possess the ability to analyze information, prioritize competing deadlines, and make decisions in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. The position requires the ability to maintain attention to detail while handling a high-volume inventory of files and managing multiple time-sensitive tasks simultaneously.
The work environment is generally a professional office setting or approved remote work environment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.
Note
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) of this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
To perform this job successfully, the employee(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an at will relationship.