Legal Staff Paralegal in Atlanta, GA

In-House

Atlanta, GA

Legal Staff Paralegal in Atlanta, GA

Legal Staff

Min 10 yrs required

No

Job Title: Paralegal 3

Job Responsibilities:
The Paralegal 3 position involves utilizing advanced knowledge of the law, legal processes, and management skills to assist attorneys in various substantive legal areas, including contracts (non-standard client agreements, RFPs, NDAs, etc.), regulatory, litigation, complaints/pre-litigation disputes, governance, and digital/marketing. The candidate will be the sole paralegal supporting five attorneys on the Payments Legal team. Key responsibilities include:

- Contract and Agreement Support: Serve as the central intake point for legal requests from business partners, conduct preliminary review of contracts and agreements, propose initial edits/recommendations, and communicate with business partners to address outstanding issues or escalate them to attorneys as needed.
- Legal File Management: Establish and maintain an organized system for storing and managing the Payments Team's electronic legal files to ensure easy access and retrieval.
- Marketing and Client Materials Review: Assist attorneys in reviewing marketing collateral, website content, and other client-facing materials to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
- Legal/Regulatory Tracking and Updates: Monitor external legal and regulatory developments relevant to the banking industry and payments business, and assist attorneys with preparing quarterly update summaries for distribution to business partners.
- General Legal Assistance: Provide paralegal support to Payments Team attorneys, including legal research, document preparation, and other administrative tasks as needed.
- Resolve complex issues, transactions, or projects requiring exceptional professional expertise.
- Investigate facts of varying or highly complex matters, organize, review, and analyze large volumes of information.
- Perform advanced legal research, apply results to facts, and develop and communicate legal conclusions.
- Design, maintain, train, and/or manage Legal Department workflow processes, reports, tools, and databases.
- Interact professionally with other departments, internal and external clients, outside counsel, vendors, and senior managers and executives.
- Demonstrate exceptional verbal and written communication skills.

Education and Experience Information:
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in an American Bar Association approved curriculum or equivalent education; or successful completion of an American Bar Association approved paralegal training program; or certification by a State Bar approved paralegal certification program; or prior experience working as a paralegal or equivalent professional experience.
- Ten or more years of related legal or financial experience.
- Advanced understanding of legal concepts, terminology, principles, and procedures.
- Exceptional analytical thinking skills with the ability to identify and define issues, establish facts, analyze highly complex information, and develop substantiated conclusions with minimal supervision.
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to express highly complex facts and legal principles clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing.
- Advanced knowledge of the principles, methods, and practices of legal research and writing with demonstrated proficiency in online legal research.
- Creative problem-solving skills with the ability to identify and resolve highly complex problems in a timely manner.
- Exceptional leadership and relationship management skills with the ability to positively influence others across multiple practice groups and departments and achieve desired results.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet competing deadlines.
- Ability to manage numerous complex projects that require interaction with multiple attorneys' departments, and internal and external clients, including senior managers and executives.
- Exceptional organizational and project management skills; attention to detail and accuracy.
- Demonstrated proficiency in basic computer applications, such as Microsoft Office software products.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Certified Legal Assistant designation or have passed the Paralegal Advanced Competency Examination.

Salary Information:
The text does not provide specific salary information for the Paralegal 3 position. However, it mentions that all regular employees working 20 hours or more per week are eligible for benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax-preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan. Employees also receive vacation, sick days, and paid holidays. Depending on the position and division, the job may also be eligible for a defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan.

Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, color, religion, citizenship or national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other classification protected by law. Company is a Drug-Free Workplace.