Paralegal Associate

Iron Mountain; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading information management firm based in Austin is seeking a Legal Assistant to support attorneys in employment and commercial litigation. Responsibilities include legal research, drafting responses to complaints, and managing legal documents. The ideal candidate should hold a law degree or paralegal certificate and demonstrate strong written communication and attention to detail. This position offers a salary range of $55k-$60k with full benefits and is remote.

Benefits

Full benefits

Remote work

Competitive salary

Qualifications

• Proficient in legal research tools and techniques.
• Ability to draft formal documents like memos and letters.
• Strong organizational skills to manage a heavy workload.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support for employment and commercial litigation.
• Draft responses and manage EEOC complaints.
• Gather documents for early case strategy.

Skills

Legal research

Written communication

G Suite applications

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Education

Law degree or paralegal certificate

Job description

At Iron Mountain we know that work, when done well, makes a positive impact for our customers, our employees, and our planet. That’s why we need smart, committed people to join us. Whether you’re looking to start your career or make a change, talk to us and see how you can elevate the power of your work at Iron Mountain.

We provide expert, sustainable solutions in records and information management, digital transformation services, data centers, asset lifecycle management, and fine art storage, handling, and logistics. We proudly partner every day with our 225,000 customers around the world to preserve their invaluable artifacts, extract more from their inventory, and protect their data privacy in innovative and socially responsible ways.

Are you curious about being part of our growth story while evolving your skills in a culture that will welcome your unique contributions? If so, let\'s start the conversation.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support to attorneys in the Legal Department. Primary responsibilities will be employment and commercial litigation support, but may also include intellectual property, bankruptcy, and other legal project support.
• Support attorneys in collecting and responding to discovery requests
• Gather and synthesize background information and documents for development of early case strategy
• Draft responses to EEOC and state agency complaints and support attorney through defense of such complaints
• Manage service of process and direct legal documents to the appropriate internal resource for response
• Respond to subpoena requests
• Proficiency with legal research tools and techniques
• Proficiency with G Suite applications, especially Sheets, Docs, and Slides
• Ability to learn and use proprietary software and database applications
• Written communication skills, particularly with memorandum and letter writing and proofreading
• Ability to plan, organize and prioritize a varied and heavy workload
• Ability to compose complete and accurate documents with attention to detail
• Ability to work on a team with attorneys, colleagues and assistants in handling responsibilities and fulfilling duties
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally both verbally and in writing
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of customers, employees and proprietary information
• Travel not required except for administrative and training purposes
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and carefully carry out instructions
• Desire to work and collaborate in a team environment
• Attention to detail

Benefits and Location

• 55-60k per year
• Full Benefits
• Remote

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Iron Mountain is a global leader in storage and information management services trusted by more than 225,000 organizations in 60 countries. We safeguard billions of our customers’ assets, including critical business information, highly sensitive data, and invaluable cultural and historic artifacts. Take a look at our history here.

Iron Mountain helps lower cost and risk, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and enable digital and sustainable solutions, whether in information management, digital transformation, secure storage and destruction, data center operations, cloud services, or art storage and logistics. Please see our Values and Code of Ethics for a look at our principles and aspirations in elevating the power of our work together.

If you have a physical or mental disability that requires special accommodations, please let us know by sending an email to accommodationrequest at ironmountain dot com. See the Supplement to learn more about Equal Employment Opportunity.

Iron Mountain is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. We recruit and hire applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, or any other factor prohibited by law.

To view the Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law posters and the supplement, as well as the Pay Transparency Policy Statement, please review the company policy statements.