Senior Paralegal conducting legal research, reviewing legal documents for accuracy, and maintaining legal files. Supporting law related initiatives for a major retirement company.
About the role
- Principal Litigation Paralegal assisting Medtronic in product liability, general litigation, and employment matters. Responsible for document collection, case file organization, and external communications.
Responsibilities
- Assist attorneys and litigation technology professionals with various litigation matters
- Collect litigation-related information, data and electronic documents, reviews documents, and uses production and tracking systems with minimal supervision
- Creates legal holds for preservation of data
- Creates and implements case file and organizational systems for case files and workrooms
- Assists attorneys to prepare witnesses for depositions
- Researches facts relating to litigation
- Collaborates with medical specialists to understand patients’ medical conditions and care issues relevant to the litigation
- Assists in drafting and fact checking of legal filings
- Communicates, corresponds and interacts with outside entities assisting Medtronic with litigation
- Tracks financial outcomes and implications for legal matters
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of litigation paralegal experience, or an advanced degree with 5+ years' experience
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
- Demonstrable knowledge of the litigation process
- Demonstrable knowledge of e-discovery processes and software systems
- Ability to learn Medtronic’s Enterprise Litigation Management software
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality of the company’s internal and personnel affairs and client information
- Understands ethical rules, including privilege and confidentiality
- Ability to work independently and with minimum supervision
- Integrity and strong ethical center
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Critical reasoning, analytical, and care assessment skills
- Planning and time-management skills
- Specialized knowledge of product liability litigation
- Specialized knowledge of litigation involving Life Sciences companies
- Specialized knowledge of labor and employment litigation
- Specialized knowledge of labor and employment legal issues
Benefits
- Health, Dental and vision insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability leave
- Dependent daycare spending account
- Tuition assistance/reimbursement
- Simple Steps (global well-being program)
- Incentive plans
- 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
- Short-term disability
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums)
- Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)
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