Paralegal- Tampa NOT REMOTE

Duties And Responsibilities

• Prepare legal documents; pleadings, such as motions, briefs, affidavits, appeals, contracts, initial and amended articles of incorporation.
• Afford assistance in gathering information and documents in response to legal requests; coordinate distribution of information and documents with outside legal counsel.
• Comfortable reviewing, revising, and advising Operations on contracts.
• Ensure satisfaction of deadlines through execution of dated correspondence and court calendar management.
• Research and analyze law sources such as statutes, rules, regulations, recorded judicial decisions and legal articles.
• Update and maintain all pertinent Statutes, Administrative Codes and Dental Board Rules.
• Maintain departmental files in the filing system and directories, ensuring proper indexing, scanning and filing of original legal documents.
• Perform general clerical duties as needed, such as screening incoming calls; coordinating/scheduling meetings and/or conference calls; maintaining departmental calendar; composing and typing departmental correspondence.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Analytical – Gathers, analyzes and synthesizes complex or diverse information skillfully;
• Demonstrates a high degree of attention to detail;
• Written Communication – Demonstrates strong writing skills;
• Writes clearly and informatively;
• Edits work for spelling and grammar;
• Varies writing style to meet needs;
• Quality - Exhibits proficiency in the performance of duties;
• Demonstrates competence;
• Produces accurate and thorough work product;
• Displays strong organizational abilities and effective time management;
• Team work - Balances team and individual responsibilities;
• Balances team and individual responsibilities;
• Contributes to building a positive team spirit;
• Professionalism - Interacts effectively with management, other team members and the public;
• Uses discretion and tact;
• Maintains highly sensitive and confidential matters;
• Problem Solving - Uses good judgment to identify and resolve problems;
• Makes appropriate decisions;
• Interpersonal Skills - Accepts responsibility for own actions;
• Works independently in the absence of specific instruction;
• Autonomously resolves problems/conflicts that may arise;
• Oral Communication - Communicates effectively in a business environment;
• Responds to verbal direction;
• Follows instructions and gets clarification when in doubt;
• Computer Skills - Must be proficient in MS Word, Outlook, Excel and Power Point;
• Attendance/Punctuality - Is consistently at work and on time;
• Dependability - Commits to work overtime when necessary to reach goals;
• Follows through on commitments;
• Initiative - Takes independent actions;
• Asks for and offers help to others when needed;
• Language Skills - Able to read, write and interpret written information in English;
• Able to present information and respond to questions from other team members, clients, customers, and the general public;
• Mathematical Skills - Able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals;
• Able to generally compute rate, ratio, and percent.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form;
• Able to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists;
• Exercises good judgment in decision making.

Confidentiality

• Ability to handle sensitive information and maintain confidentiality.