Paralegal C
ICONMA
North Charleston, SC, United States
Full-time
- Under the guidance of Client counsel, this position will support the Litigation & Labor and Employment Practice Groups across Law and Global Compliance.
- Duties include performing legal research, collecting and analyzing data, drafting legal documents, actively supporting outside counsel with litigation, coordinating and conducting witness interviews, and coordinating, expediting, and processing communications, correspondence, and documentation with outside counsel, client attorneys, and other client personnel both inside and outside the Law Department.
- Performing factual and legal research, utilizing specialized software (e.g. LexisNexis, WestLaw, CourtLink), the World Wide Web, the client intranet, and cliernt Human Resources and Law Department internal database software tools to locate, compile, and analyze information;
- Identifying issues in the course of research and recommending possible solutions and / or courses of action to the client attorneys.
- Drafting, reviewing, and revising employment-related agreements and documents.
- Serving as liaison between client attorneys and outside counsel in litigation matters, including drafting correspondence, identifying, gathering, and analyzing information and documents for discovery responses, depositions and motions, identifying and locating potential company witnesses, compiling discovery and witness lists, calendaring and ensuring compliance with internal and external deadlines, and reviewing and drafting discovery responses and declarations.
- Conducting witness interviews, both pre-litigation and during litigation, regarding case information, case documents, and preparation of witness memoranda.
- Performing document management and analysis in support of merger and acquisition transactions.
- Managing workers’ compensation discrimination claims by serving as liaison between client attorneys, outside counsel and internal workers’ compensation administrators.
- Supporting international employment law issues for Global Law Affairs Group.
- Working with customers across all business units and functions to gather files.
- Assisting with trial and arbitration preparation.
- Creating, maintaining, and updating litigation information on Law Department databases and spreadsheets.
- Creating PowerPoint training materials.
- Working with outside counsel to obtain quarterly budget updates, helping client attorneys prepare annual budget projections, and monitoring compliance with budgets.
- Responding to third-party subpoenas.
- Locating information and data custodians.
- Scheduling, participating and supporting the work of the attorneys in connection with internal and external investigations.
- Preparing interview memoranda.
- Collecting, reviewing or processing data / documents for discovery or investigations.
- Communicating with internal clients and outside counsel.
- General matter management, including issuing and maintaining document preservation notices.
- Preparing monthly litigation case status reports.
- Assisting with bankruptcy matters.
- Participating on and leading paralegal teams in the department to identify and implement process improvements.
- Must be able to work independently, but under the general direction of Client attorneys.
- Must handle confidential personnel data with maturity and integrity.
- Must have strong organization, computing, and oral and written communication skills.
11 days ago