Paralegal/Senior Counsel Assistant

Assist Senior Counsel and one other attorney in all aspects of ensuring collateral preservation, including researching issues of franchisee compliance; coordinating routine legal and factual data compilation and analysis; drafting basic legal documents and letters, and conveying routine operational information under supervision of Senior Counsel.

Essential Job Functions:
•Conduct routine and specific legal and factual information research and data compilation, as directed by an attorney.
•Draft and review agreements, correspondence and other documents at the direction of attorney.
•Review and report status of certain agreements to ensure compliance thereof.
•Coordinate the gathering of information, materials, documents, reports and other material which is necessary for Senior Counsel to respond to various parties including Senior Management, outside counsel and/or franchisees.
•Digest and summarize reports, agreements or other documents for the purpose of making recommendations to Senior Management.
•Respond to basic complaints and inquiries from franchisees and Brooke personnel.
•Prepare and collect reports, correspondence, files and other documents for the attorneys.
•As specifically directed by attorneys, distribute and exchange routine operations information to Senior Management regarding issues as described by Senior Management or Senior Counsel.
•Manage specific processes and documents as directed by attorneys.


Secondary Functions:
•Ensure that copies of executed transaction documents are provided
•Coordinate with Senior Counsel to resolve documentation deficiencies
•Preparation of management reports regarding transactions, complaints and other issues
•Scan and provide documents to Senior Counsel
•Mail certain documents as directed by Senior Counsel
•Provide basic legal research from readily available sources
•Other duties and special projects as assigned

Education / Experience / Licensure:
•2-4 years experience in paralegal role for a law firm, corporate legal department or similar experience
•Ability to exercise discretion concerning confidential material
•Customer management experience
•Situational negotiation skills

Critical Skills / Qualifications:
•Must possess excellent work ethic
•Must be organized and devote attention to detail
•Must have excellent computer skills, especially Word and Excel
•Strong organizational and time management tendencies
•Detail oriented
•Ability to manage processes
•Ability to commit to team goals
•A “follow-through” mind set
•Strong sense of urgency
•Self-directed and goal oriented
•Ability to establish priorities and adjust them with minimal notice
•Ability to work under pressure
•Ability to anticipate and resolve problems
•Goal oriented self-starter who takes initiative and acts appropriately in various circumstances without direction
•Strong relationship and interpersonal skills
•Excellent listening, oral and written skills
•Ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with others.Job Requirements
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