Paralegal

Job Description

Job Description

Title : Paralegal

Location : SeaTac WA 98198

Duration : 3+ months

Description :

The Legal Specialist focuses on highly confidential, sensitive administrative and project-based work across the legal department at Airlines . As an individual contributor this role focuses on supporting both in-house and outside counsel on a variety of issues and projects, including litigation and arbitration, immigration, compliance, and office administration support.

Key Duties

• Solves a range of highly confidential, sensitive administrative problems and project-based work across the legal department requiring the highest level of discretion and professionalism.
• Liaises between outside counsel and Human Resources to obtain U.S. work credentials for non-immigrant workers or prospective foreign national employees.
• Facilitates the in-take, analysis, and response to subpoenas and civil investigation demands.
• Assists in-house and outside legal counsel with litigation and labor arbitrations (e.g., scheduling, maintaining files, completing status reports, tracking, supporting paralegals and other arbitration preparation work as needed.)
• Under the direction of the MD and assigned in-house lawyers, proofreads and edits critical legal documents, including legal briefs, for formatting, punctuation, grammar, and accuracy, exercising judgment and conducting research when necessary to screen for accuracy and completeness, as well as consistency with organizational policy.
• Determines an effective approach to calendar / schedule management for the Managing Director and assigned in-house lawyers, using discretion to prioritize key items and manage scheduling conflicts with internal customers, senior executives and outside counsel.
• Maintains company settlement agreements by partnering directly with HR, Payroll and Accounts Payable to get settlement checks requested and delivered, ensuring settlement terms are finalized.
• Supports lawyers and paralegals in adversarial proceedings, including scheduling interviews and depositions, participating in e-discovery initiatives, and other duties as assigned.

Job-Specific Experience, Education & Skills

Required

Preferred

Job-Specific Leadership Expectations

Company Description

Russell Tobin is a leading minority-owned professional and technical recruitment and staffing advisory organization. We are comprised of specialized practices focusing on a variety of skill sets and industries. Having a depth and breadth of industry expertise, our subject matter experts are able to provide tailored and swift sourcing solutions to fulfill client hiring needs. In other words, we connect top talent with companies. We are the staffing arm of the Pride Global network, a minority-owned integrated human capital solutions firm, with additional offerings in vendor management, payroll programs, and business process optimization.

Company Description

Russell Tobin is a leading minority-owned professional and technical recruitment and staffing advisory organization. We are comprised of specialized practices focusing on a variety of skill sets and industries. Having a depth and breadth of industry expertise, our subject matter experts are able to provide tailored and swift sourcing solutions to fulfill client hiring needs. In other words, we connect top talent with companies. We are the staffing arm of the Pride Global network, a minority-owned integrated human capital solutions firm, with additional offerings in vendor management, payroll programs, and business process optimization.