Sr. Paralegal

Summary

Serves as a key member of the legal team, primarily supporting litigation matters and legal operations projects.

Responsibilities

• Assist in-house attorneys in managing company litigation, including maintaining company's litigation docket, issuing and tracking document preservation notices, and organizing and producing documents in connection with e-discovery.
• Maintenance and organization of electronic and physical litigation documents.
• Assistance with preparation and filing of court submissions.
• Preparation and maintenance of engagement letters with outside counsel.
• Assist with settlements and periodic accruals.
• Assist in-house attorneys and other corporate functions (e.g., finance, credit, accounts payable) to provide general corporate assistance.
• Assist with various projects, including, but not limited to, legal research, investigations, audit requests, intellectual property, invoices, and M&A.
• General office assistance with correspondence, expense reports, travel bookings, organizing meetings, etc.
• Fully supports company's goal of continuous improvement, including reviewing area of responsibility for improvement opportunities.
• Work as a team member in the department, including assisting and providing back-up for other members of the department as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or paralegal certification required.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience working with lawyers, preferably in major law firm and/or in a corporation.
• Experience handling complex litigation and e-discovery is strongly preferred.
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Office Programs, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Outlook, Teams, Sharepoint, and Adobe Acrobat, including ability to create pivot tables, charts, presentations, and use other advanced features of these software tools.
• Must be proficient in e-discovery software.
• Must have knowledge of Practical Law Connect and Westlaw.
• Experience with matter management (e.g., Serengeti/Legal Tracker), entity management system (e.g., hCue), and similar systems is strongly preferred.

Skills

• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Team-oriented mindset and strong work ethic.
• Attention to detail.
• Efficiency and accuracy are extremely important.
• Overtime work is occasionally required.