Litigation Paralegal

Techmatic INC; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Techmatic INC in Charlotte, NC is seeking an enthusiastic paralegal to support our Employment Litigation practice group. The role involves managing confidential information, handling administrative charges, subpoenas, and electronic matter-management systems.

You will liaise with outside and in-house counsel and assist with investigations and internal reporting. The ideal candidate has strong organizational skills, can prioritize high-volume workloads, and is detail-oriented with experience in

Qualifications

• H.S. Diploma with 8 years' experience in corporate legal dept or law firm.
• Associate's Degree with 4 years' experience in corporate legal dept or law firm.
• Bachelor's Degree with experience in corporate law.
• Paralegal certificate or state-designated paralegal certification is preferred.
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Conduct an initial case assessment to identify and obtain relevant documents for defense of employment litigation and administrative charges.
• Coordinate, schedule and interview custodians and witnesses to verify facts.
• Draft a chronology of relevant facts, documents, witnesses and events for counsel.
• Gather, review, and organize information for discovery and early case assessment.
• Prepare initial draft responses to administrative agency requests for information or subpoenas.
• Act as a liaison between outside counsel, in-house counsel and internal business clients for document collection and data delivery.
• Assist in preparing presentations and briefings and conduct research.
• Compile information and prepare internal reports such as forecasts and project updates.

Skills

Legal document drafting

Case management

Interpersonal communication

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Associate's Degree in related field

Bachelor's Degree in related field

Paralegal certificate

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

The Client’s Law Department is seeking an enthusiastic and organized paralegal to support our

Employment Litigation practice group.The Employment Litigation practice group manages all

employment litigation and administrative charges, as well as supporting Client’s key business-related initiatives.This role will provide paralegal support for attorneys on the team with

administrative agency charges and litigation, subpoenas, compliance projects, preparation of

internal and external reports, and maintenance of an electronic matter-management system.

This individual has access to confidential information. The successful candidate must be highly

organized and have the ability to prioritize a high-volume workload.In addition, the

candidate should be detail oriented with a demonstrated ability to perform work through

What you will do

• Conduct an initial case assessment to identify and obtain relevant documents to assist counsel in defense of the employment litigation and administrative charges
• Coordinate, schedule and, where directed, interview custodians and witnesses to verify facts and
• Draft a chronology of relevant facts, documents, witnesses and events to assist assigned counsel
• Under attorney supervision, gather, review, and organize relevant information for discovery and/or early case assessment and review
• Prepare initial draft responses to administrative agency requests for information and/or subpoenas, to include identification of relevant documents, gathering of documents, and preparation of written response
• Act as a liaison between outside counsel, in-house counsel and internal business clients to manage the collection of documents and data, coordinate the delivery to outside counsel or agency, and conduct follow up as needed
• Assist in the preparation of presentations and briefings to internal business clients; and support attorneys with related projects by conducting research, gathering key documents, and
• Compile information and prepare various internal reports which may include forecasts, project updates, legal invoices, accounting and information from various other databases

Required Qualifications:

• H.S. Diploma with 8 years' experience working in a corporate legal department or law firm OR
• Associate's Degree with 4 years' experience working in a corporate legal department or law
• firm OR Bachelor's Degree with experience working in a corporate legal department or law firm
• Additional work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3 years' experience drafting legal documents
• Paralegal certificate or State-designated paralegal certification
• Experience working in a corporate law department
• Retail Experience
• Demonstrated expertise in drafting presentations using PowerPoint

Nice to have:

• 1 year of experience with cloud Relational DB Postgres and non-Relational databases Couch, Mongo