Paralegal

Maintain well-organized litigation matter files (chronologies, key pleadings, correspondence, deposition materials) and keep litigation calendars current (deadlines, hearings, discovery milestones).  Coordinate with outside counsel on deliverables, document exchange, and status updates; help prepare internal matter summaries for the General Counsel and business stakeholders. 

Run the eDiscovery workflow; initiate and administer legal holds (custodian identification, notices, acknowledgements, reminders, releases, defensible documentation), coordinate ESI preservation and collections with IT and vendors, manage review logistics with outside counsel, and drive production/quality control (production specs, secure transfers, production logs, chain-of-custody); support privilege-log workflows and discovery tracking artifacts. 

Support loan closings end-to-end by maintaining closing checklists, tracking conditions precedent, and coordinating signatures and deliverables among internal teams, borrowers, lenders, and outside counsel. 

Draft/compile and manage closing documentation under attorney direction, including as applicable: 

Loan/credit documents 

UCC/collateral package, including UCC-1 financing statements (plus amendments/terminations as needed), track filing confirmations, and maintain lien evidence 

Closing deliverables, including officer/incumbency certificates, organizational documents, good standing certificates, authorizing consents/resolutions, insurance policies 

Prepare and maintain electronic closing binders (indexing, version control, signature packets, final PDFs), distribute final executed documents, and update internal repositories/matter management systems.  Track post-closing deliverables and covenant/reporting ticklers and escalate issues to the lead attorney and/or General Counsel. 

Draft client facing communications for attorney review, including status updates.   

Proofread documents with meticulous consideration and keen eye for spelling, grammatical, and formatting errors. 

Conduct legal research to support corporate actions and decisions.