Advanced Senior Paralegal

Unum; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 53,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Short & Long-Term Disability

PTO including volunteering

401(k) with employer contribution

Mental health support

Career advancement opportunities

Student loan repayment options

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible work environments

Job summary

Unum is seeking a professional paralegal to provide complex support to attorneys and may mentor other paralegals. The role involves legal research, drafting responses, and ensuring compliance with legal requirements across Litigation, Corporate Law, and Insurance Operations.

Applicants should have a paralegal certificate and substantial experience, with strong communication and analytical skills. This role is based in Chattanooga, TN, within a Fortune 500 workplace offering extensive benefits.

Qualifications

• High school diploma.
• A paralegal certificate with 3 years of paralegal experience or 7 years of paralegal experience.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Excellent interpersonal relation skills.
• Strong word processing, math and research skills.
• Demonstrated independent critical thinking and judgment.
• Ability to train/mentor Paralegals and Senior Paralegals.

Responsibilities

• Provides complex paralegal assistance to attorneys.
• May lead and mentor paralegals as needed.
• Conducts legal research and analyzes information.
• Prepares drafts of legal documents and responses.
• Ensures compliance with legal requirements and deadlines.
• Supports litigation and corporate law tasks as needed.

Skills

Excellent oral and written comms

Excellent interpersonal skills

Critical thinking and judgment

Mentor Paralegals

Education

Paralegal certificate

High school diploma

7 years paralegal experience

Job description

Job Posting End Date: September 17 When you join the team at Unum, you become part of an organization committed to helping you thrive. Here, we work to provide the employee benefits and service solutions that enable employees at our client companies to thrive throughout life’s moments. And this starts with ensuring that every one of our team members enjoys opportunities to succeed both professionally and personally. To enable this, we provide:

• Health
• Vision
• Dental
• Short & Long-Term Disability
• Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!)
• Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution
• Mental health support
• Career advancement opportunities
• Student loan repayment options
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible work environments
• All the benefits listed above are subject to the terms of their individual Plans.

Competitive benefits package that includes: Health, Vision, Dental, Short & Long-Term Disability Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!) Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution Mental health support Career advancement opportunities Student loan repayment options Tuition reimbursement Flexible work environments *All the benefits listed above are subject to the terms of their individual Plans. And that’s just the beginning…

With 10,000 employees helping more than 39 million people worldwide, every role at Unum is meaningful and impacts the lives of our customers. Whether you’re directly supporting a growing family, or developing online tools to help navigate a difficult loss, customers are counting on the combined talents of our entire team. Help us help others, and join Team Unum today!

General Summary:

Provides complex paralegal assistance to attorneys. May serve in a lead role providing direction and/or mentoring to Paralegals and Senior Paralegals as needed.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conducts legal research and complex analysis as assigned.
• Locates information for attorneys and other internal and external authorities.
• May interview all levels of company employees to develop detailed information on all phases of Unum operations.
• Reviews, analyzes, summarizes and organizes documents as needed.
• Prepares draft responses of legal documents.
• Ensures that legal documentation is processed in compliance with legal requirements.
• Assists with or takes a lead role in large projects and assists other paralegals with their workload as necessary.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Litigation/Dedicated Legal Resource:

• May assist with witness preparation for deposition and trial.
• Interact with all levels of company employees and exercise the judgment to coordinate appropriately with in house and outside counsel as needed.
• Advanced knowledge of company’s products and procedures.
• Advanced knowledge of legal issues involving group and/or individual policies and claims.

Insurance Operations:

• May renew, research and process garnishments, state/federal levies, bankruptcies, child support orders and other legal withholding orders.
• May renew, research, process, and respond to subpoenas, authorization agreed orders and other legal process.
• May prepare and file answers with courts and administrative tribunals.
• May maintain, develop and update standard and non-standard RFP responses, based on business objectives and sales and risk strategies; maintain RFP tracking system.
• May work with internal/external counsel on complex bankruptcy issues, including preference actions, while generating, organizing and maintaining relevant legal documentation, case status updates and state law preference updates.
• May support legal education training initiatives of the department by researching and creating training tools, including presentations, hand-outs, and articles.

Corporate Law:

• Interface with transfer agent
• Manage due diligence requests from acquirers, government agencies and others
• Complete and file required forms with SEC, NYSE and others
• Manage information concerning officers and directors
• Provide backup to attorneys for certain tasks

Complex Litigation:

• May review draft broad discovery responses for accuracy and consistency.
• May maintain and update case tracking system, broad discovery database and document library.
• Works with in-house and outside counsel on discovery strategy and responses and accompanying discovery based pleadings, as well as performing in depth review of documents.
• Assists with witness preparation for deposition and trial.

Job Specifications:

• High school diploma.
• A minimum of a paralegal certificate and 3 years of paralegal experience or seven (7) years of paralegal experience.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Excellent interpersonal relation skills.
• Excellent word processing, math and research skills.
• Demonstrated independent critical thinking and judgment.
• Demonstrated ability to train/mentor Paralegals and Senior Paralegals.

Unum and Colonial Life are part of Unum Group, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of employee benefits to companies worldwide. Headquartered in Chattanooga, TN, with international offices in Ireland, Poland and the UK, Unum also has significant operations in Portland, ME, and Baton Rouge, LA - plus over 35 US field offices. Colonial Life is headquartered in Columbia, SC, with over 40 field offices nationwide.

Unum is an equal opportunity employer, considering all qualified applicants and employees for hiring, placement, and advancement, without regard to a person's race, color, religion, national origin, age, genetic information, military status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or protected veteran status.

$53,300.00-$100,700.00

Additionally, Unum offers a portfolio of benefits and rewards that are competitive and comprehensive including healthcare benefits (health, vision, dental), insurance benefits (short & long-term disability), performance-based incentive plans, paid time off, and a 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match up to 5% and an additional 4.5% contribution whether you contribute to the plan or not.

All benefits are subject to the terms and conditions of individual Plans.

Company: Unum

At Unum Group, we’re a Fortune 500 company and leading international provider of workplace benefits and services, helping workers and their families thrive for more than 175 years. Through our Unum and Colonial Life brands, our company offers disability, life, accident, critical illness, dental and vision insurance; leave and absence management support; and behavioral health services. Our 10,000+ employees work across operations in the US, UK and Poland, as well as our dedicated Technology Centre in Ireland. Unum Group is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for any applicant with a disability.