Paralegal

Title: Paralegal

Type: Full-Time/Exempt

Reports to: Corporate Counsel

About Wright Service Corp: 

Wright Service Corp. is a prominent leader in several environmental services industries, providing integrated vegetation management, forest management and reforestation, technology solutions, environmental and agricultural sustainability consulting, commercial environmental services, residential and commercial landscaping, tree care, interior plantscaping, and other outdoor and indoor services. 

The Wright family of companies includes Wright Tree Service®, Wright Outdoor Solutions®, Eocene Environmental Group℠, Eocene Environmental Group of the West, Wright Tree Service of the West, Wright Tree Service of Puerto Rico, Wright Canada Holdings and commonly seen brands, such as Spectrum Resource Group, ArborCare and Verdure Elements.  

Wright Service Corp. has been employee-owned since 2002 and headquartered in Central Iowa since 1933, when Wright Tree Service was founded by John L. Wright.

Responsibilities:

• Support counsel on all aspects of managing and responding to claims and litigation.

• Gather, assemble, review, redact, and produce materials responsive to subpoenas and discovery requests, and as otherwise required as part of the claims and litigation process.

• Collaborate with other shared services departments to ensure timely and efficient communications.

• Process invoices and track departmental expenses.

• Prepare summaries relating to incoming subpoenas, claims, lawsuits, and disseminate same to the organization’s key stakeholders.

• Conduct initial investigation into incoming claims and lawsuits to assist in appropriate response, and take initial steps including identifying recipients of, and distributing litigation holds.

• Ensure office filing system is timely updated with claims and legal documentation.

• Perform clerical duties such as scheduling appointments, providing information in response to email, phone, and other departmental inquiries, and reviewing and routing incoming mail.

• Administer immigration files including those pertaining to H1-B filings.

• Provide support to the organization’s Legal/Risk function and team.

• Support, actively participate, and act in accordance with Wright’s culture of safety and employee ownership.

• Comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations; maintain knowledge of and follow all company policies and procedures.

• Maintain regular and punctual attendance at work and meetings.

• Other tasks and responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements:

• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.

• Proactive, assertive personality.

• Shows initiative, anticipates issues, takes control, and sees task through from start to finish with limited oversight.

• Ability to work on several tasks and projects concurrently.

• Strong organizational skills and tendencies; extremely detail oriented.

• Bachelor’s degree or four (4) or more years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Ability to work on sensitive matters with utmost confidentiality.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, Excel as well as Adobe Acrobat.