Paralegal Associate (Legal)

Responsibilities Include:

Conduct legal research.
Draft documents ensuring proper formatting, style, and captions.
Assist in preparing case documents, and research.
Experience with calendaring, drafting letters, and follow-up on pending legal items.
Ability to communicate complex legal concepts in a clear and concise manner.
Engage with Business Advisor in case planning and recommendations on how to proceed.
Ability to produce correspondence, proofread for grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
Maintain legal files, and other information in connection with the work in an organized manner that is easily retrievable.
Able to analyze legal documents and ensure accuracy.
Prepare chronologies and timeline of events.
Assisting with workplace investigations including scheduling and summarizing witness interviews.
Analyze legal documents, statutes, regulations, and case law to identify relevant information and summarize findings.
Conduct thorough and accurate legal research using various databases and resources.

Legal Document Administrator

Familiarity with a variety of real estate and corporate general legal concepts, practices, and procedures.
Will assist the Business Advisor in drafting, editing, storing, processing, faxing, mailing, and electronically sending correspondence, and other legal documents.
Ensures all legal or corporate documents are prepared, proofread, copies, and filed/served in accordance with legal requirements and deadlines.
Managing legal documents.
Be able to file Real-Estate documents, research documents, analysis of legal documents, analysis of contracts.
Ability to know which City, County, State, or Federal municipal entity is required to process or apply for licenses, recording of company documents, or any legal requirements.
Keep organized and detailed files for all projects and update frequently in both paper and electronic documents.
Ability to consistently deliver the highest quality of work under pressure and deadlines.

Competencies

Highly organized and detailed-oriented.
Strong Communication & Multi-tasking skills required.
Shows emotional resilience and flexibility while dealing with a variety of stakeholders, partners, and clients.
Strong proactive problem solver that figures out solutions to roadblocks and seeks out resources independently.
Uphold a strict level of confidentiality.
Exercises considerable judgement and discretion in handling requests for appointments and ensures all parties are informed of and kept abreast of schedules and schedule changes and conflicts.
Develop and sustain a level of professionalism among staff and clientele.
Prepare internal and external corporate documents for Business Advisor.

Supervisory responsibilities

None

Work Environment
Work is performed in an office environment and requires:

Sitting for prolonged periods of time using a computer keyboard, mouse, and screen.
Standing and walking may require twisting, reaching, bending, crouching, and kneeling.
Grasping, pushing, pulling, dragging, and lifting boxes of files and other office items weighing 30 pounds or less.
Mobility, vision, hearing, and dexterity levels appropriate to the duties to be performed.

Travel Required

No

Required education and experience

3 to 7 years Paralegal experience.
Paralegal Certificate, extensive educational background in California and Federal Law.
Bachelor's Degree or AA in Business Administration, Finance, Business Law, or Accounting.
Internet and tech savvy.
Must be able to type 55 to 75 wpm.
Advanced Computer & Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Adobe, Dropbox, and Excel skills required.

Preferred education and experience

Paralegal, Legal Secretary, Legal Analyst or Legal Case Manager.
Have experience in Real-Estate Law, or Title Company Background, trust and estate planning, corporate law, or employment law experience a plus.

Additional eligibility requirements

Valid California Driver's License.
Pass a Pre-Employment Drug Screen.
Pass a Background Screen and Check.
Other duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.