Title: Paralegal
Area of Law: International and Business Entity
Location: Phoenix, Arizona - Hybrid
Compensation: $26 - $36 Hourly
Duties and Responsibilities:
Under general supervision, assist attorneys and legal managers in day-to-day legal tasks. Conduct legal research, manage deadlines and projects, assist with maintaining entity status, assist with entity formations, qualifications, and withdrawals, interface with outside counsel and other parties, collaborate with co-workers and other department personnel, and prepare legal documents to ensure compliance with federal, state and local regulations. In this role, you are expected to maintain confidential and/or sensitive information.
- Identify, gather and review information to comply with information requests, research requests, due diligence, or to investigate factual evidence of a transaction, event, proceeding or case; prepare reports, summaries, tables, charts or diagrams to display such information.
- Draft corporate minutes and other complex, corporate documents as needed.
- Work closely with Corporate Secretary Team to ensure that all pertinent information, documents and records are appropriately organized and maintained in centralized Legal Department electronic files.
- Assist with management of US and international legal entities to ensure the entities remain in good standing.
- Perform data entry, run reports, and help maintain the entity management database and other relevant databases.
- Interface with in-house counsel and staff, outside counsel, contractors, government agencies and business clients on legal matters or assigned projects.
- Perform other duties as requested.
Experience and Qualifications:
- Associate's degree in paralegal studies OR Paralegal Certificate from an ABA approved program AND (2) two years’ experience in a law firm or in-house legal department
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, working knowledge of database programs, including SharePoint.
- Ability to handle and prioritize multiple projects and consistently focus on attention to details.
- Able to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing. Possess excellent knowledge of reading, writing, grammar, spelling, punctuation, proofreading, and formatting in order to interpret source data, prepare corporate transactional documents and forms, and proofread material for grammatical, typographical and spelling errors.
- Ability and willingness to keep client and department matters confidential.
Addison Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Addison Group provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Addison Group complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request."
