Senior Paralegal - Civil Litigation

Work Location:

Cherry Hill, New Jersey, United States of America

Hours:

40

Pay Details:

$33.00 - $49.50 USD

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Line of Business:

Legal

Job Description:

Job Summary:

The Senior Paralegal provides a wide range of high level paralegal support and general paralegal services to practice teams or individual attorneys in the Legal Department, generally within a particular legal or business area of specialty. The job resolves, under supervision of counsel, routine legal issues and researches and analyzes law sources such as statutes, judicial decisions, legal articles and codes to prepare legal documents. Under supervision of counsel, the Senior Paralegal drafts contracts, leases, affidavits, certificates, and complex corporate and regulatory documents and filings. The Senior Paralegal supervises assigned staff and performs functions in support of legal department goals and objectives.

Depth & Scope:

• May supervise administrative and paralegal staff, assigning responsibilities, prioritizing and monitoring work and evaluating results
• Provides leadership, coaching, counseling and guidance to staff; assigns tasks and responsibilities
• Trains new staff members and other related departments in policies, practices and procedures relevant to assigned practice team, or counsel's practice including incorporating procedures for new products, laws and regulations, coordinating with corporate training and other personnel as needed
• Assists in the management of expenditures with outside counsel
• Coordinates gathering of information from various departments in the preparation of contracts, litigation documents, applications, filings and other legal documents
• Assists external counsel in securing information, witnesses, documents required from the Company
• Prepares draft regulatory applications and responsible for maintenance of corporate records, and corporate filings, preparation of corporate votes and certificates and drafting of documents
• Drafts resolutions, contracts, pleadings and other legal documents and instruments, including Employee contracts, shareholder agreements, stock-option plans, Employee benefit plans and etc
• Maintains regulatory filings related to activities
• Supervises permanent storage activities and processes in corporate record center
• Coordinates regulatory application planning, production, and delivery
• Interacts with corporate subsidiaries regarding variety of legal matters
• Prepares and reviews, under supervision of counsel, draft legal pleadings and motions to be filed with the court, prepares and obtains affidavits and assists external attorneys in coordinating witnesses and production of evidence for hearings
• Researches appropriate laws, judicial decisions, legal activities and other materials that are relevant to assigned cases
• Deals directly with clients to assist in providing appropriate documentation
• Participates in special projects and performs additional duties as required

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or progressive work experience in addition to experience below
• 8+ Years of related experience
• Supervisory experience desirable
• Experience in legal department or law firm related to area of practice preferred
• Proficient knowledge of legal concepts, terminology, principles and procedures and/or legal document drafting within a generally defines subject area
• Wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected
• Ability to effectively prioritize and meet quick deadlines in a deadline driven environment
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to effectively interact with entire range of Company personnel from Directors, to Executive Management, to front line staff across the footprint
• Demonstrates professional conduct and presence, exercising tact, diplomacy and discretion in sensitive matters
• Strong organizational and legal research skills
• PC skills, including Microsoft Word, Outlook, Exce