What are the responsibilities and job description for the Paralegal Senior II - Houston, TX position at Sempra Services Corporation?
Primary Purpose
Delivers highcomplexity paralegal outputs requiring advanced technical, procedural, and subjectmatter expertise. Ensures consistency and accuracy across intricate filings, transaction packages, and trial preparations without supervising other employees.
Duties and Responsibilities
* Identifies underlying issues in areas of expertise and works independently on complex assignments, including client inquiries, transactions, projects, and/or proceedings, and produces concise written materials for clients, attorneys, or outside counsel without direct supervision.
* Prepares drafts of corporate resolutions, meeting minutes, and other corporate governance-related deliverables, and coordinates related corporate records and documentation.
* Prepares, submits, and follows up on corporate filings, including entity formations with Secretary of State offices, apostilles, notarizations, and process agent appointments.
* Leads special projects and information management initiatives focused on improving the organization, accessibility, retention, accuracy, security, migration, cleanup, and standardization of legal and corporate data, documents, and records across systems.
* Conducts comprehensive reviews of matters and undertakes all pre-action steps as well as post-litigation procedures.
* Identifies underlying issues in areas of expertise and works independently on complex assignments, including client inquiries, transactions, projects, claims, disputes, and/or proceedings, and produces concise written materials for clients, attorneys, or outside counsel without direct supervision.
* Reviews communications, reviews procedures, drafts documents, provides research and background information to legal leads.
* Undertakes legal research for cases of a complex nature and conducts fact-gathering interviews with clients or witnesses.
* Manages, maintains, and updates tracker for legal budget and reviews outside counsel bills for compliance with billing guidelines.
* Advises business partners on legal matters and escalates issues to other departments.
* Participates in court or hearings in support of attorneys.
* Performs other duties as assigned.