Corporate Paralegal

About the role

This individual will work in the Legal Department to support the provision of legal services to the Company by the lawyers in the department for both corporate and litigation matters. The paralegal manages individual functions with supervision from lawyers and collaborates with lawyers and with other colleagues across corporate functions.

Responsibilities

• Prepares state and local filings for employment licenses, dba filings, parent and subsidiary corporate filings and related correspondence with external counsel.
• Maintains due dates and proactively gathers supporting approvals and signatures for timely filings.
• Provides notary jurat as required on filings or arranges for notary.
• Routine litigation related correspondence with insurance broker, external counsel and witnesses.
• Performs research to assist attorneys in all aspects of the company’s business.
• Summarizes research and prepares reports for attorneys.
• Manages projects with an attorney leading the matter.
• Organizes and strategizes on how to proceed with a project, the interim steps needed to complete the project, monitors the project and timely meets the deadlines associated with the project.
• Calculates fees and handles A/P process for fees related to filings.
• Receives, tracks, logs, and initiates payment process for invoices, including law firm invoices and legal department expenses.
• Responsible for file set up for new corporate or litigation matters.
• Gathers facts and documents for claims.
• Calendar filing deadlines for corporate filings or litigation claims.
• Maintain and update case or corporate information in files.
• Primary responsibility for gathering information for weekly, monthly and quarterly reports and logs used by team.
• Updates the information for the period.
• Maintains deadlines for reports, sends prompts and reminders or escalates to a supervisor or department lawyer in order to support timely reporting.
• Initial point of contact for data in report to corporate services business units or external counsel.
• Distributes Report on schedule.

Requirements

• Associates Degree with Paralegal or legal secretary training.
• 5+ years as legal secretary or paralegal.
• MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint + Legal database software.
• Knowledge of basic accounting concepts.
• Notary or ability to obtain notary license.

Benefits

The typical annual salary range for this position is $61,000.00 - $94,000.00. We offer exceptional earning potential and a competitive benefits package, including group health insurance benefits (medical, vision, dental), FSA and HSA healthcare accounts, life and accident insurance, adoption and fertility assistance, paid parental leave of up to 6 weeks, and short/long term disability. Robert Half provides paid time off for vacation, personal needs, and sick time. The amount of Choice Time Off (CTO) our people receive varies based on their years of service and is pro-rated based on the hours worked per week. A new hire earns up to 17 days of CTO per calendar year. Our people also receive up to 11 paid holidays per calendar year. We also offer the opportunity to contribute to our company 401(k) savings and investment plan or deferred compensation plan (if eligible), with an employer match of 100% on the first 3% of your contributions for eligible employees. Learn more at https://roberthalfbenefits.com.

Pay

The typical annual salary range for this position is $61,000.00 - $94,000.00. We offer exceptional earning potential and a competitive benefits package, including group health insurance benefits (medical, vision, dental), FSA and HSA healthcare accounts, life and accident insurance, adoption and fertility assistance, paid parental leave of up to 6 weeks, and short/long term disability. Robert Half provides paid time off for vacation, personal needs, and sick time. The amount of Choice Time Off (CTO) our people receive varies based on their years of service and is pro-rated based on the hours worked per week. A new hire earns up to 17 days of CTO per calendar year. Our people also receive up to 11 paid holidays per calendar year. We also offer the opportunity to contribute to our company 401(k) savings and investment plan or deferred compensation plan (if eligible), with an employer match of 100% on the first 3% of your contributions for eligible employees. Learn more at https://roberthalfbenefits.com.

Schedule

Flexible scheduling is available.