Paralegal 2

Legal Support Assistant

This employee is responsible for performing a variety of support duties for in-house attorneys, including legal matters and contract review management, IP portfolio management, researching law, investigating facts, preparing/gathering documents/files, and other duties as assigned.

Job Functions

Researches and analyzes law sources such as statutes, recorded judicial decisions, legal articles, and legal codes

Reviews and supports attorneys in managing litigation and corporate documents such as briefs, pleadings, appeals, contracts, articles of incorporation, corporate documents, interrogatories and responses to perform initial form review and manages review process for agreements with partnerships, payers, vendors, and other third parties review, approval, and use by counsel and general counsel

Assists attorneys in managing and processing contracts, including initial drafting, reviewing and negotiating of contracts, maintaining contract repositories, and ensuring contracts adhere to Lincare's standards

Drafts termination and default letters

Investigates facts and law of cases to assist with reviewing causes of action and to preparation of cases accordingly

Gathers documents, files, and other information needed for active litigation cases

Assists reviewing attorney by producing accurate, timely initial redlines and clerical edits on corporate contracts to support the attorney Manage administrative tasks related to IP portfolio maintenance

Manages intellectual property files in coordination with IP counsel

Performs other clerical duties such as scheduling appointments, providing information to callers, composing/typing routine correspondence, and reading/routing incoming legal requests

Prepares legal documents and maintains files