The Corporate Paralegal is responsible for legal drafting, research, project support, document management, and coordination of various company-wide projects while providing executive level legal administrative and project support to the in-house Legal Department and coordination with outside General Counsel.

Minimum Requirements 

• 3 years previous experience supporting senior executives and counsel in a corporate legal environment
• Certified Paralegal (C.P.) or Juris Doctor degree strongly preferred
• SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and cloud-based document management experience
• Thorough knowledge of business legal documents / contracts and their coordination
• Skillful in legal drafting and analysis in transactional and contract law environments
• Reliable researcher, fact finder and information collector
• Strong organizational skills coupled with the ability to think critically and strategically
• Precise attention to detail, resourceful with high initiative
• Excellent communication and language skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with all levels of executive management and staff, both internal and external
• Position requires flexibility and dedication in meeting project deadlines
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with the pressure of deadlines, developing project goals and a consistently changing environment
• Excellent judgment, use of tact, and the utmost integrity in sensitive and confidential matters

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, legal studies, or related field
• Previous legal experience in healthcare or corporate business
• Accounting and/or financial analysis experience

Essential Functions

• Draft legal document production, inclusive of producing legal work product through transcribing, formatting, inputting, editing, retrieving, copying, and transmitting text, data, and graphics for legal and business matters.
• Review, read, document, research, and route correspondence, agreements, and contracts, including drafting, collecting, and analyzing information associated with such matters.
• Create and maintain a complicated file structures and cloud-based document management systems.
• Manage and maintain organization for the digital legal libraries.
• Facilitate the management and operation of the legal service requests.
• Assist in the analysis, review and tracking of legal service invoicing.
• Calculate ownership schedules in coordination with transaction documents.
• Perform ad hoc special projects.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to sit, converse, and listen; use hands to touch, handle, or feel objects; and to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is typical of an office environment and, as such, is considered moderate.