AAA-The Auto Club Group · 4 months ago
Paralegal II
MI-Detroit Legal
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$31/hr - $38/hr
3+ years expAAA The Auto Club Group is a leading provider of membership, travel, insurance, and financial services. The Paralegal II role involves supporting attorneys by conducting legal research, preparing legal documents, managing litigation support activities, and assisting with compliance issues.
Insurance
Responsibilities
Under direction and guidance of the organization’s attorneys, performs a variety of intermediate to complex law-related tasks in support of legal matters
Conducts legal research, investigate issues and drafts/prepare legal documents to support attorneys and contract administrators
Supports all aspects of document discovery, including e-discovery, document management, the litigation hold process, and document production
Assists counsel with the coordination of responses to subpoenas, demand letters, legal correspondence, and discovery demands, etc
Manages daily activities of litigation support vendors and outside counsel
Calendars dates and monitors litigation activity and deadlines
Coordinates the scheduling of witness interviews, deposition preparation, and depositions
Maintains comprehensive litigation and pre-litigation case files and trackers and prepares monthly/quarterly status reports
Supports and provides direction in the internal investigation of compliance issues
Manages various compliance filings with regulatory agencies
Identifies risk, utilizes analytics and best practices to minimize exposure to the company
Collaborates with OGC support staff to design and deliver workflow in a shared services environment with a seamless customer support experience
Provides backup coverage for OGC support staff on an as needed basis
Supports Legal Tracker, service of process and CT Assurance administration on an as needed basis
Designs and implements practical processes for the OGC Team to identify, evaluate and implement process efficiency improvements
Inputs and reviews data in spreadsheets, databases, or other departmental systems in order to update content and generate various reports
Generates and manages legal templates, prepares correspondence, assists in the creation of presentations
Interacts directly with business line customers to address support needs
Handle special assignments when assigned
Intermediate level position in which incumbent demonstrated in-depth research and analytical skills, as well as an understanding of case management techniques
Develops strong understand of the department’s key focuses and corporate disciplines
Analyzes issues and existing solutions to create innovative approaches to solve issues
Escalates more complex items to senior staff
Assists lower-level staff when necessary
Qualification
Required
Associates degree as a paralegal and three years of experience in a position performing paralegal functions
Completion of an ABA approved Paralegal training program and three years of experience in a position performing paralegal functions
Five years of experience in a position performing paralegal functions
Ability to obtain and maintain ABA approved Paralegal certification, or equivalent within timeline designated by management
Operating as a Paralegal or in a position performing paralegal functions
Researching and analyzing legal matters, case law and regulations
Preparing written legal documents, memoranda, pleadings and correspondence
Operating Microsoft suites and legal case management systems
Knowledge of principles, methods and resources involved in conducting legal research
Knowledge of civil litigation procedure
Knowledge of federal and state judicial systems
Ability to evaluate situations, facts and issues and draw accurate conclusions
Ability to organize, plan and prioritize work
Ability to research legal files and compile data
Ability to competently operate a windows based PC and relevant software
Ability to communicate effectively with others in a work environment and with the public
Ability to research, analyze and prepare written documents, correspondence, memoranda and pleadings
Preferred
Bachelor's degree in Pre-Law or a related field
Knowledge of regulatory matters, including filing reports with regulatory agencies principles
Knowledge of company procedures and departmental functions
Two or more years of experience in insurance, contract and corporate law
Two or more years of experience in real property transactions
Two or more years of experience in trademark law
Two or more years of experience in insurance products and services
Two or more years of experience in banking and financial institutions law
Benefits
401k Match
Medical
Dental
Vision
PTO
Paid Holidays
Tuition Reimbursement
Company
AAA-The Auto Club Group
AAA - The Auto Club Group (ACG) is the second largest AAA club in North America, serving more than 13+ million members across 14 U.S.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Joseph Richardson Jr
President and CEO
Peggy Gartin, CFA
SVP | Chief Investment Officer
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