Corporate Paralegal
Bringing Home the Dough
Annual salary ranges from $70,000 to $75,000
Full-time employees are offered the following benefits:
- Comprehensive health and medical benefits
- 401(k) Retirement savings plan
- Professional growth and leadership training
- Paid vacation, holidays, and parental leave
Benefits may vary depending on your work location.
Rising to the Challenge: Position Responsibilities
Provide support to attorneys and legal staff in the Flowers Legal Department in furtherance of the provision of legal advice, counsel, and representation to internal clients. Requires constant interaction with legal department work group and other departments at the primary work location and around the company.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Act as master administrator of the Legal Tracker matter management system inclusive of system use, opening files, managing the invoice process including bill pay, and running reports as requested.
• Coordinate the collection of intellectual property specimens and evidence needed for timely trademark renewals and maintenance in connection with outside legal counsel and internal constituencies. Work with outside legal counsel and paralegals to periodically update and retain the trademark portfolio of the company and related records.
• Coordinate litigation support services including, but not limited to, the authentication and retention of electronic devices needed for litigation purposes and related discovery/e-discovery activities.
• Receive and distribute to appropriate internal parties for review and handling legal process, including, but not limited to, garnishments, summons, demand letters, discovery requests and other legal or regulatory correspondence.
• Assist with executing training programs by researching topics, preparing materials, scheduling, and coordinating logistics for compliance and legal education sessions.
• Assist the contracts team in receiving, distributing and retaining contracts submitted for review. Act as additional master user of all contract life cycle management tools in use by the company.
• Assist in-house attorneys as requested to provide research and support on general corporate matters including compliance, litigation, employment, franchise law, advertising/marketing/branding, intellectual property, real estate, M&A, and other areas of corporate law practice.
• Collect and distribute legal department mail and packages to appropriate recipients daily. Also, pre- pare and send out U.S. mail, certified mail, express mail and packages as needed or requested by attorneys.
• Performs other duties which are deemed by management to be an integral part of the job, including but not limited to fulfillment of work schedules, adherence to attendance policies, and other applicable operating rules, policies and procedures.
Knead to Know: Preferred Qualifications
• 2 to 4 years’ experience as a paralegal in a corporate or law firm environment.
Additional Ingredients: Essential Job Requirements
• A paralegal studies certificate or degree from an accredited institution or comparable course of study