Paralegal

Job Summary

The Paralegal will assist a corporation's legal department in many facets of corporate law--from paperwork to court proceedings. Much of the paralegals' time will be spent carrying out routine tasks such as updating company files, preparing legal contracts, reviewing documents, and giving legal assistance. This position may handle executive summaries and directives.

Essential Job Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Meets with attorneys, clients, and other professionals to discuss assigned cases, contracts, corporate governance resolutions or projects.
• Drafts legal documents including contracts, corporate governance resolutions, routine pleadings and motions, affidavits, and interrogatories; files motions and pleadings according to judicial procedures.
• Researches and analyzes statutes, regulations, legal articles, judicial decisions, and other legal sources; provides written analysis to attorneys.
• Interviews clients and witnesses and prepares summaries of their statements.
• Prepares, organizes, stores, and retrieves contracts, corporate governance resolutions and case files, which may include evidence, exhibits, depositions, pleadings, exhibits, and other items.
• Assists attorneys with trial preparation, which may include attending trials and hearings.
• Develops and maintains records regarding billable hours spent on specific cases.
• Prepare Board, notices, agendas and minutes.
• Assist General Counsel with his/her agenda.
• Keep track of external counsel invoices billable hours spent on specific cases. Review billable hours spent on legal projects and cases.
• Prepare Legal Executive Reports. Orchestrate the workload of different areas and keep track of cases and deliverables.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Required Education

• Associate degree in Paralegal Studies or related field.

Required Experience

• Relevant experience (0-2 years).

Required Licenses and Certifications

• Paralegal certificate.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Understanding of legal language and principles, research methods, court pleadings and processes, and other related matters.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, and to exercise discretion and good judgment. 
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Proficiency with G-Suite.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Paralegal Studies or related field preferred.
• Related experience preferred.

Financial Responsibilities

Budget Responsibilities

Languages

Travel

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to work standing up, walk, use hands to operate tools and equipment and must be able to exert regularly up to 10 pounds of force, frequently exert 30 pounds of force and occasionally exert 50 pounds of force to constantly perform the essential job functions. The employee will be frequently required to reach with hands and arms, bend, balance, kneel, crouch, crawl, push, and pull. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Environmental Conditions

Inside: The employee is subject to environmental conditions, protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The worker is subject to noise; there may be sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above ambient noise level.

Physical/Environmental Activities

Please indicate with an X the frequency for the activities that apply to the essential functions of the job based on the chart below. Please select Not Required for physical demands that aren’t essential to job performance.