Senior Paralegal

Genesee-; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Services, Inc. (GRSI) in Jacksonville, FL seeks an experienced Paralegal to join its in-house legal team.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of corporate, litigation and transactional support experience, and can handle document review, contract drafting, and project coordination. Responsibilities include assisting attorneys with corporate documents, contract management, e-discovery, and board-related materials, while maintaining organized databases and ensuring

Qualifications

• 8+ years of corporate paralegal experience.
• Ability to handle corporate, litigation and transactional support.
• Discretion and high standard of judgment.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication.
• Strong research abilities and MS Office/database proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Assist attorneys with integral corporate documents and litigation matters.
• Support corporate affairs, including contract management, signature pages and resolutions.
• Maintain and coordinate litigation files, databases and tracking materials.
• Assist in research and due diligence, summarizing key findings.
• Prepare preservation notices for threatened and pending claims and litigation.
• Conduct e-discovery and first-round reviews, coordinate with outside counsel.
• Assist with board matters and materials, including consents and filings.
• Review invoices for billing guidelines compliance and assist in contract drafting.

Job description

Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Services, Inc. (GRSI)
Jacksonville, FL 322240000, USA

• Admin, Professional & Operations Support
• Full-Time
• Requisition #: SENIO009103

Description

SUMMARY:

Privately-held transportation company in Jacksonville, FL is seeking a motivated Paralegal to join the in-house legal team in Jacksonville, FL. Ideal candidate will have 8+ years of experience and be a self starter, willing to take on varied tasks, including general corporate legal, litigation and transactional support to attorneys in the legal department and assists with document review, drafting, execution, integration and monitoring of contracts, subpoenas, litigation holds, board matters, litigation, bill review, and special projects.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist attorneys in preparing integral corporate documents/materials, including direct assistance and experience with litigation matters
• Assist with corporate matters, including contract management, signature pages and resolutions
• Maintain and coordinate tracking and organizational materials, litigation files and databases
• Assist in coordination and conducting of research and diligence efforts, and where applicable, and summarizing key findings
• Prepare, distribute and manage preservation notices for threatened and pending claims and litigation
• Perform e-discovery collections, searches and first round reviews
• Assist with board matters and materials, including consents
• Review legal invoices for compliance against billing guidelines
• Assist in contract management, including database management and initial drafts of template/standard form agreements and revising to reflect comments
• Work with lawyers to prepare all documents required to form corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies, if required
• Interact with outside counsel
• Maintain database of subsidiaries and draft minutes and resolutions, as needed
• Coordinate registrations and withdrawals of subsidiaries with registered agent
• Assist with acquisitions, including inputting data in the database used by the global integration team, coordinating information gathering across various cross-functional teams and managing project action items
• Comprehension and organization of a wide variety of complex materials, ability to identify the relevant material, and to draft high quality communications, education, and other materials for use internally and externally with colleagues and counterparties

REQUIRED SKILLS AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• Ability to comprehend and support work on complex regulatory and business problems
• Motivated self-starter with ability to work independently and excel at multi-tasking in a fast paced environment.
• Maintain confidentiality and exercise a high standard of judgment and discretion
• Superior time management, planning, and organizational skills
• Strong judgment, analytic capabilities and written and oral communication skills.
• Must have the ability to analyze what is needed, find the information requested and respond promptly while also paying attention to detail
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with proven experience in relationship building and partnering
• Proficient in performing research
• Proficient in MS Office products, AI and database tools

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND/OR CREDENTIALS:

• Proven experience as corporate paralegal with a major law firm or company; large firm and in-house experience a plus

This position is employed by the specific entity set forth in the job posting.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. and its subsidiary companies do not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or any other protected status under federal, state or local laws.

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