Paralegal/Legal Assistant
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Job Description
Job Description:
The Paralegal will directly assist and support multiple lawyers in the insurance companies’ legal department, with a focus on corporate governance, entity management, corporate record maintenance and compliance/regulatory filings. The ideal candidate will have a corporate paralegal background with strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain corporate and regulatory filing calendar
- Prepare, process and track state, local and regulatory filings with Secretaries of State and Departments of Insurance
- Prepare drafts of legal documents, including governing documents, secretary certificates, board consents and minutes
- Maintain corporate minutes and entity records
- Provide administrative and paralegal support to multiple attorneys, including scheduling, expense reporting and travel arrangements
- Gather documents and respond to subpoenas or other legal process and/or claims-related matters
- Support the vendor/contract management function, including managing the digital signature function
- Review and process incoming mail and documents
- Communicate with and provide support for business/operations partners
Experience and Qualifications:
- Ideally has a minimum of 3-5 years of corporate paralegal experience in either a law firm or an in-house legal department
- Understanding of insurance and/or compliance processes in a regulated industry (preferred)
- Understanding of litigation processes and high comfort level in dealing with litigation documents (preferred)
- Familiarity with software: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint
- Understanding of current activities within a legal department enabling appropriate responses to inquiries
- Prior experience managing expansive and complex organizational/entity structures
- Superior interpersonal skills:
- Ease in working with people up and down the organization hierarchy
- Naturally adaptive to different audiences
- Diplomatically assertive
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects concurrently
- Strong sense of integrity and ethics
- Strong organizational skills
- Excellent written and verbal and communication skills
Education:
Undergraduate degree preferred
A Registered Paralegal (RP) certification is preferred
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