Senior Litigation & Compliance Paralegal

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly organized, proactive, and business-minded Senior Litigation and Compliance Paralegal to support a fast-paced, nationwide legal department. This remote role is ideal for a self starter who thrives on creating order from complexity, developing practical processes, and partnering across functions to support litigation, employment, compliance, and operational initiatives.

The successful candidate will serve as a trusted member of the Legal team, managing a diverse portfolio of responsibilities that will include litigation management, subpoena and records responses, e-discovery, insurance and outside counsel coordination, vendor management, data reporting, process improvement, and special projects. This position requires someone who is willing to roll up their sleeves to address both day-to-day (administrative and substantive responsibilities) and strategic needs of the department.

Role Responsibilities:

• Coordinate all aspects of litigation and pre-litigation matters, including assisting with document gathering, fact finding, witness coordination, discovery support, and collaboration with outside counsel.
• Draft litigation holds and manage the litigation hold program.
• Conduct legal research and fact investigations as assigned.
• Prepare initial drafts of legal documents for attorney review, including separation agreements, responses to administrative charges, and other litigation-related materials.
• Analyze and respond to subpoenas, record requests, and other legal process.
• Organize and maintain investigation and litigation files including maintaining an accurate database of all litigation matters and ensuring timely case reporting for internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve litigation management, legal operations, and recordkeeping processes to increase efficiency and consistency across the Legal department.
• Assist with invoice review and payment and settlement processing.
• Support special projects as business needs require.

Requirements:

• Two or four-year college degree , Bachelor’s preferred
• Completion of paralegal school/certification
• Minimum of ten years+ paralegal experience, including at least six years of litigation experience
• In-house paralegal experience, especially related to employment law, strongly preferred
• Experience in handling a broad range of litigation matters from inception through resolution
• Demonstrated ability to create and implement new processes, workflows, and tools in an evolving environment
• Experience with adopting legal AI
• Proven ability to work independently and successfully set up, handle and manage a caseload of competing priorities
• Excellent organizational, writing and communication skills
• Facility with Microsoft Office including Excel, Adobe, PowerPoint and litigation management applications and tools
• Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to excellence and quality of work
• Ability to coordinate and work with internal clients (at all levels in the organization), outside counsel, and vendors (including those associated with electronic discovery) and others associated with litigation matters
• Sound discretion and judgment, and the ability to maintain confidentiality
• A positive attitude and genuine desire to be a team player willing to assist with other assignments, projects, cases and matters within Legal