Senior Paralegal
CLEAResult · United States · 5 days ago
RemoteRemoteLegalFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary liaison between employees, outside counsel, and insurers on disputes and litigation matters, gathering information from internal business teams to support legal strategy and ensure timely review and response to legal questions.
- Independently manage smaller claims and matters end-to-end, while managing and overseeing larger litigation and claims assigned to outside counsel, including conducting research and preparing documents for court proceedings and legal transactions.
- Draft, review, and revise legal documents, including correspondence, settlement agreements, briefs, pleadings, and discovery responses, ensuring citations are complete and consistent with source material.
- Conduct fact-finding, data collection, and witness interviews to support case preparation, and assist in developing search term criteria for document collection and discovery.
- Demonstrate expert-level e-discovery and document review capabilities, and organize, archive, and maintain large volumes of litigation-related documents and records across hard copy and electronic systems.
- Maintain legal calendars and docketing deadlines, access court dockets and electronic filing systems, and track legal expenditures and insurance claims.
- Field and direct questions from internal business teams in an organized and timely manner, working independently under minimal instruction or supervision to meet deadlines.
- Support employment law compliance projects and may conduct or assist with related trainings.
Role Requirements
- 10+ years of experience working in a law firm or in-house legal department, with demonstrated experience in both settings preferred
- Expert-level litigation support experience, including e-discovery and document review
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, DocuSign, Salesforce, e-billing, and e-discovery/legal technology tools
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work effectively with non-legal business teams
- Public notary preferred