Paralegal

About Us :

Prime Personnel Resources, Inc. is a local Staffing Firm that specializes in recruitment and consultation for businesses in North Carolina and provides career services to individuals seeking employment. Innovation, Integrity, Accountability, Respect, Dependability, Professionalism, Support, Inclusion, Dedication, and Transparency are all pillars to our success for the past 26 years. We pride ourselves in our reputation in our community and in the services we provide. With over 60 years of Human Resources experience and knowledge we are here to assist with your career goals and recruitment needs.

All the relevant skills, qualifications and experience that a successful applicant will need are listed in the following description.

About the Opportunity :

Prime Personnel Resources is assisting a company that has an opening for a Paralegal. This is a full time opportunity. Monday - Friday 8 : 00am-5 : 00pm.

This position will assist the attorneys in providing comprehensive legal services. This position must be knowledgeable about changes in law and policies and be able to translate these changes into product. For example, when statutes are rewritten, court templates must be revised to reflect the changes in the statutes. This position increasingly has to create templates without examples due to unique situations and changes in the law, which require knowledge and understanding of the law and court processes.

This position is responsible for assuring compliance with mandates in multiple areas. In addition to program and legal knowledge, this worker must be well organized and an excellent time manager and task manager in order to meet the many due dates demanded by this position. This position must be able to multitask and keep track of multiple responsibilities / projects.

General Responsibilities :

• Drafting court documents such as complaints / petitions, motions, orders and other required court documents.
• Assures cases are prepared and organized for court; there is compliance with timeframes, statutes, laws and policies. There is required correspondence / contact with attorneys, judges, legal assistants / secretaries, administrative assistants, judicial assistants, Sheriff Departments in the state of NC, court personnel, witnesses, parties and department personnel to assure they are prepared and have received necessary information from the Legal Unit for the case to move forward.
• Ability to learn, interpret and explain policies, regulations and programs; and the ability to gather and compose a variety of materials from a variety of sources independently.
• Completing discovery for cases including but not limited to subpoenas, production of documents, interrogatories and assuring discovery is requested and received from opposing parties.
• Administrative duties such as maintaining calendars, office organization and management, file maintenance and other duties. Maintain tracking devices for cases and keeping the attorneys informed of upcoming deadlines.
• Respond to request for documents and subpoenas for cases.

Required Qualifications

Prime Personnel Resources is an equal-opportunity employer and requires post-offer, pre-employment drug tests and background checks on all positions.