Senior Paralegal

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Act as the key point of contact between employees, external counsel, and insurers regarding disputes and litigation issues, collecting information from internal business units to support legal strategies and ensure prompt review and response to legal inquiries.

• Independently oversee smaller claims and matters from start to finish, while managing and supervising larger litigations and claims assigned to outside counsel, which includes conducting research and preparing documents for court proceedings and legal transactions.

• Draft, review, and modify legal documents such as correspondence, settlement agreements, briefs, pleadings, and discovery responses, ensuring that citations are accurate and consistent with source materials.

• Perform fact-finding, data gathering, and witness interviews to assist in case preparation, and help in developing search term criteria for document collection and discovery.

• Exhibit expert-level e-discovery and document review skills, while organizing, archiving, and maintaining extensive volumes of litigation-related documents and records across both physical and electronic systems.

• Maintain legal calendars and docketing deadlines, access court dockets and electronic filing systems, and monitor legal expenditures and insurance claims.

• Address and direct inquiries from internal business teams in an organized and timely fashion, working independently with minimal guidance to meet deadlines.

• Assist with employment law compliance initiatives and may conduct or support related training sessions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in a law firm or in-house legal department, with a preference for demonstrated experience in both environments.

• Advanced litigation support expertise, including e-discovery and document review.

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, DocuSign, Salesforce, e-billing, and e-discovery/legal technology tools.

• Exceptional communication and relationship-building abilities, with a talent for working effectively with non-legal business teams.

• Public notary certification is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance; additionally, we provide a company-paid health care concierge service to assist you in navigating our health plan for optimal decision-making.

• 401(k) plan with company matching.

• Paid time off for vacation, sick leave, personal leave, and parental leave.

• Paid Volunteer Time: we value giving back to our communities.

• Employee Recognition Program – convert your recognition points into gift cards.

• Employee Assistance Program – provides benefits to help you manage daily responsibilities.

• Access to on-demand training courses to further your career advancement.