Paralegal

Responsibilities

• Performs, in accordance with established policies and procedures, a variety of duties to assist Senior Paralegal, Associate General Counsel, and Vice President & General Counsel; manages documentary aspects of various legal matters, employment contracts, and corporate and transactional matters.

• Experience:
  • Minimum of 3 years' experience as a paralegal in a law office or commercial business.
• Education and Training:
  • Knowledge of legal principles and practices, in both corporate and transactional matters, at a level normally acquired through formal paralegal training or its equivalent in experience.
• License, Certification & Registration:
  • N/A
• Other Requirements:
  • Highest degree of discretion and ability to maintain strict confidence as to all matters.
  • Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under frequently severe time constraints.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office software.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills. Ability to pay close attention to detail when evaluating legal matters (constituting approximately 80% of work time).
  • Ability to work occasionally more than 40 hours a week and occasionally at irregular hours.
  • Interpersonal skills necessary in order to communicate in person, by telephone and electronically with a diverse (and occasionally divergent) range of audiences with discretion, ordinary courtesy and tact.
  • Ability to maintain office files, including timely retrieval.