Senior Paralegal: Contracts, Subpoenas & Research

Novogradac & Company LLP; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 82,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Flexible working hours

Remote and hybrid opportunities

Inclusive workplace

Job summary

Novogradac & Company LLP seeks a senior paralegal to support the Legal & Risk Department with document preparation, legal research, and communications about contracts and legal matters. Responsibilities include drafting and reviewing documents, maintaining records, and coordinating subpoenas with outside counsel.

The role covers multiple jurisdictions with potential remote or hybrid options; a strong background in law, paralegal certification, and 10+ years of experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related area plus a minimum of 10 years of work experience, and/or appropriate balance of education and work experience.
• Law degree/Paralegal certification highly preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, in particular the ability to interpret complex policies and law and translate them clearly.
• Excellent attention to detail, thoroughness and accuracy.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality of sensitive work-related information.
• Ability to effectively prioritise a fast-paced and varied workload, effectively manage a variety of concurrent and shifting priorities.
• Strong problem solving/analysis skills.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Strong computer skills, including solid skill in the Microsoft Office suite (prefer advanced skill in Excel).
• Accounting acumen a plus.
• Able to work additional hours, nights and/or weekends on occasion as needed.

Responsibilities

• Review, revision, and drafting of legal documents for company-wide business units, including but not limited to contracts, subpoena responses and objections, NDAs, board resolutions, insurance applications and related documents and correspondence.
• Maintain prompt communication and responses to internal and external inquiries regarding various legal documents and contracts presented to the Legal & Risk Department.
• Identify risks, provide alternatives to mitigate issues and come to favourable resolutions; conduct negotiations within designated authority level.
• Legal research and assistance to company attorneys as assigned.
• Manage annual company-wide engagement data retention/purging procedures as needed.
• Perform clerical/administrative duties such as maintaining department files and trackers, scheduling appointments, providing information to callers, composing routine correspondence, and reading and routing incoming mail.
• Maintain records of outside counsel and other legal department expense invoices, process invoices pursuant to the company’s accounts payable procedures.
• Under supervision of attorney, manage process of responding to subpoenas and requests for documents and coordinate with outside counsel as required.
• Provide support to Legal & Risk Department on other legal projects as assigned.
• Organise, maintain, and update legal document templates and forms for company-wide business units.
• Organise, maintain, and update legal department files systems, including NovieNet and secure drive, in a logical and systematic manner.

Skills

Legal research

Document drafting

Contract review

Communication

Confidentiality

Time management

Negotiation

Microsoft Office

Attention to detail

Legal terminology

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related area

Law degree/Paralegal certification

Tools

NovieNet

Secure drive

Job description

Novogradac & Company LLP seeks a senior paralegal to support the Legal & Risk Department with document preparation, legal research, and communications about contracts and legal matters. Responsibilities include drafting and reviewing documents, maintaining records, and coordinating subpoenas with outside counsel.

The role covers multiple jurisdictions with potential remote or hybrid options; a strong background in law, paralegal certification, and 10+ years of experience are preferred.