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What they do
A Paralegal or Legal Assistant assists attorneys and law offices with a variety of tasks ranging from administrative support to legal research and writing. Maintains and organizes files or file databases. Conducts legal or other background research, assists with preparation for trials or hearings, and drafts documents to be filed. Uses software for electronic discovery of materials such as email for a trial. May specialize in a particular area of the law such as corporate or criminal law, family law or real estate law.
$60,985 / year median in Tennessee
+13% projected growth
Job Description
- Assists in the development, drafting, negotiation, execution, tracking, recordation, and other management of agreements, claims, and other documents on behalf of the corporation and/or its affiliated entities.
- Works with other internal departments as necessary or requested.
- Receives, creates, organizes, updates, and maintains centralized files and databases.
- Participates in and provides training to others in the use of document and/or database management software as requested.
- Assists internal/external legal counsel in sales and/or acquisitions of corporate entities, real property, equipment, supplies, and other assets.
- Performs legal research as requested to determine statutory, regulatory, and other case law related to legal matters for the corporation.
- Provides litigation, eDiscovery, and other investigative support as requested for internal/external legal counsel.
- Assists with preparation, filing, tracking, and management of patents, corporate service marks and trademarks and other intellectual property.
- Handles processing and reporting of claims as requested.
- Handles processing of legal bills; prepares and tracks check requests as requested.
- Completes assigned goals and other tasks as requested.