Paralegal

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

The Paralegal performs the following with moderate supervision from either a managing Attorney, Paralegal Manager, Senior Paralegal II or Senior Paralegal:

• Identify and resolve routine issues within area of responsibility by using legal knowledge and experience to develop solutions and implement resolutions.
• Plan and prepare for meetings with internal and external stakeholders and maintain departmental files in compliance with corporate and government regulations.
• Assist in process improvement and resource development to meet current and future needs of Legal department.
• Assist others with executing legal projects to support Department or Legal Division
• Collaborate with or delegate to Legal support staff, including Project Assistants and other Paralegals, in assigned responsibilities.
• Collaborate regularly with Attorneys and business stakeholders for assigned projects to find solutions to routine legal issues.
• Attend cross functional team meetings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and/or ABA approved Paralegal Certificate required.
• Minimum 2 years experience within a law firm or legal department of a corporation required.
• Position requires discretion, independent judgment and critical thinking for managing and completing assignments.
• Strong communication skills required to effectively gather relevant information from business stakeholders and negotiate both internally and externally on routine matters.
• Strong writing and analytical skills required to review, draft and prepare legal-related documents.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal skills, project manageme