Paralegal

Why Everstory

At Everstory Partners, our mission is to create supportive spaces where individuals and families can find solace, meaning, and hope in the midst of loss. At the heart of our mission is a deep understanding of the profound and complex nature of grief. Every person’s journey through loss is unique, and we are committed to providing compassionate and personalized support. 

We also believe that grief is not a problem to be solved or a burden to manage alone, but rather a natural and beautiful part of the human experience. Backed by our national strength and our local partners’ role is to be a steady presence, a source of comfort and guidance, and a partner in celebrating the life and legacy of the person who has passed.

The Impact You Will Make

The Paralegal will be responsible for providing support to the attorneys in the Legal and Risk Management Team. The role requires focus, drive, compassion, and thoughtfulness.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Help support the Company’s overall docket of employment, commercial and general liability lawsuits, pre-litigation disputes, and regulatory complaints, including performing fact investigations, handling legal and regulatory filings and other administrative responsibilities.
• Assist attorneys with deposition and trial preparation, including assistance with the preparation of witnesses for deposition, trial, mediation or arbitration.
• Assist in responding to subpoenas, requests for records and other discovery requests under the supervision of internal counsel.
• Assist in responding to regulatory complaints, including EEOC complaints. 
• Prepare and draft employment-related agreements.
• Help manage legal entity registrations and renewals for the Company and all Company subsidiaries – this includes maintaining, organizing and tracking formation documents, good standing certificates and operative agreements. 
• Assist attorneys in the closing of commercial real estate financings and other transactional matters, acquisitions and divestitures; assist with due diligence review for commercial real estate and M&A transactions; prepare and manage deal-related spreadsheets and closing checklists; and organize closing documentation. 
• Help support the Company’s contract management process, including drafting, formatting, proofreading, reviewing, and redlining documents, contracts and other agreements. 
• Be capable of performing legal research and analyzing statutes and regulations.  
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s/four-year degree.
• 4+ years of experience as a paralegal in a law firm or in-house legal department.

Core Competencies:

• Compassion - Genuinely cares about people; is concerned about their work and non-work problems; is available and ready to help; is sympathetic to the plight of others not as fortunate; demonstrates real empathy with the joys and pains of others. 
• Customer Focus - Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Ethics and Values - Adheres to appropriate (for the setting) and effective set of core values and beliefs during both good and bad times; acts in line with those values; rewards the right values and disapproves of others; practices what he/she preaches.

Role Competencies:

• Decision Quality – makes good decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment. Solutions and suggestions are correct and accurate when judged over time. Sought out by others for advice and solutions.
• Problem Solving – uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions. Probes all fruitful sources for answer. Can see hidden problems. Is excellent at honest analysis. Looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first answers.
• Organizing – can marshal resources (people, funding, material, support) to get things done. Can orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal. Uses resources effectively and efficiently. Arranges information and files in a useful manner.
• Written Communication – is able to write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings and styles.
• Functional/Technical Skills – has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment.

Work Environment:

• On-site at Support Center, M-F required.

Our Investment in You

Everstory Partners is proud to provide our employees with a quality work environment and opportunity for both personal and professional growth. As part of our ongoing commitment, we offer a competitive benefits package for our Full-Time Employees including: Medical, Dental, 401k with a company match, Life, Short-Term Disability, Long-term Disability, Vision, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Discount Programs, Generous PTO Programs, Volunteer Opportunities & much more!

Everstory Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to employing a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.