Overview
Paralegal Jobs in Chicago, IL at Moody Bible Institute
Title: Paralegal
Company: Moody Bible Institute
Location: Chicago, IL
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What You Will Be Doing
The full-time, in-person, Paralegal supports the General Counsel and
Assistant General Counsel in matters including contracting, litigation,
real estate, and risk management.
**Essential Functions**
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
Disabilities To Perform The Essential Functions Of The Position.
- Performs comprehensive first-level review of various matters
submitted to the Legal Department in accordance with established
protocols and attorney guidance.
- Gathers, organizes, summarizes, indexes, any missing information
from various sources.
- Drafts agreements and supporting exhibits from standard templates.
- Monitors legal matter lifecycle within the Legal Department, and
communicates with attorneys concerning action required in response
to notifications and requests received.
- Maintains a library of pre-approved form documents, clauses,
templates, and historical documents.
- Enters information into appropriate databases or other document
management systems.
- Manages timely handling of service of process, filing deadlines and
documents received.
- Perform fact checking, gather documents, research, and respond to
subpoenas, record requests, and various inquiries from internal and
external sources.
- Assists in drafting and implementing document preservation holds.
- Assists with requests for production including any eDiscovery
requests.
- Assists with management and oversight of routine wage garnishment,
bankruptcy and collection matters.
- Performs preliminary review of estate documentation in accordance
with established protocols and attorney guidance.
- Under supervision of counsel, communicate with trustees, executors
and attorneys regarding estate and trust administration status where
legal action is required.
- Manages transactional due diligence and completion of all
post-closing matters.
- Organizes and maintains Institute real estate files.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
