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Paralegal – 6-month assignment Jobs in United States at Tower Legal Solutions
Title: Paralegal – 6-month assignment
Company: Tower Legal Solutions
Location: United States
Our client, a large technology company, is looking for a temporary paralegal for a six-month assignment to provide litigation and administrative support. You will provide organizational and substantive support primarily to the company’s existing litigation paralegal team but will also partner with attorneys, legal operations, and additional teams within the company. You will report to a Litigation Lead who manages the paralegal team.
Duties:
Oversee the collection, retrieval and intake of relevant incoming litigation and pre-litigation demands across multiple channels. Including, but not limited to Block’s agent for service of process, electronic mail channels, email aliases, and unique mailboxes;
Sort, log, and distribute relevant incoming mail to appropriate team members; partner and communicate daily with our mailroom to ensure timely delivery and proper labeling of relevant mail items;
Working connection with the Litigation Paralegals to provide administrative support for the matter intake process, ensuring all relevant information is captured, filed and documented;
Assist litigation paralegal team with administrative tasks as needed:
drafting, logging and e-mailing of dispute resolution responses;
coordination with local small claims courts re: service, filing and appearance rules;
processing requests for printing/e-filing/shipping with outside vendors;
arranging for payments re: settlements and vendor invoices; coordinate with Accounts Payable to ensure all payments are timely.
Qualifications:
Previous experience at law firm and/or in-house legal department, ideally 5-7 years, in a similar role
Strong organizational skills with acute attention to detail
Ability to identify all types of legal process and demand notices and sort and classify as litigation or pre-litigation matters
Ability to multitask and manage competing priorities
Ability to work in a fast pace environment
Ability to work in a collaborative team environment
Ability to work cross functionally with multiple teams and communicate effectively
Prior experience as a Legal Administrative Assistant to a sizeable practice group of attorneys and paralegals; Paralegal experience or training a plus
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Technical Skills:
Experience and proficiency using: G-Suite (Google Docs, Google Sheets, G-Mail,Google Drive, etc.); Jira; Salesforce; DocuSign; Macintosh OS, Disco, Adobe, Airtable and matter management software.
