Principal Paralegal

About the role

Principal Paralegal is a senior-level paralegal role responsible for managing AEG's litigation and claims portfolio, high-risk compliance and risk investigations escalated to Legal, corporate governance and records, real estate legal matters, and the Legal Department's emergency preparedness program. This role serves as a key point of contact for outside counsel and cross-functional stakeholders on sensitive, high-exposure matters, and is responsible for ensuring accurate tracking, reporting, and documentation across each of these functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead litigation and claims management, overseeing litigation and pre-litigation matters from intake through resolution.
• Conduct initial risk assessments and coordinate engagement of outside counsel.
• Monitor case activity, budgets, invoices, reserves, and reporting.
• Coordinate legal holds, document preservation, and discovery collection efforts.
• Track litigation trends and provide status reporting to Legal leadership.
• Manage high-risk compliance and risk-related complaints and investigations escalated to Legal.
• Identify potential legal, regulatory, and reputational exposure.
• Coordinate investigations with Compliance, Risk Management, Human Resources, and operational leaders.
• Facilitate remediation and corrective action tracking.
• Manage outside counsel engagement for matters involving significant legal exposure.
• Serve as Legal Department lead and system administrator for emergency preparedness platforms.
• Coordinate implementation, training, testing, and system enhancements.
• Support business continuity and emergency response planning activities.
• Monitor program compliance and documentation requirements.
• Serve as the primary legal contact for landlord matters, lease-related issues, notices, disputes, and escalations.
• Coordinate review and resolution of real estate matters with internal stakeholders and outside counsel.
• Support the maintenance of real estate legal records and documentation.
• Prepare, draft, maintain, and distribute corporate resolutions.
• Maintain corporate officer and director records, including officer slates and organizational charts.
• Coordinate annual and periodic corporate governance activities.
• Maintain board records, meeting materials, resolutions, minutes, and governance documentation.
• Support board and committee activities and ensure corporate records are complete, accurate, and audit ready.
• Maintain corporate books and official records in accordance with organizational and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• 8+ years of paralegal experience, with significant experience in a specialized practice area (e.g., corporate, litigation, employment, intellectual property, compliance).
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex legal projects independently.
• Experience supporting senior attorneys, executives, or legal leadership.

Skills

• Advanced legal research and analysis.
• Drafting and reviewing legal documents, contracts, pleadings, and corporate governance materials.
• Matter management, e-discovery, and document management.
• Knowledge of relevant laws, regulations, and legal procedures.