Paralegal

PRIMARY DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Subject to the general direction of the General Counsel, the person in this role will have the following responsibilities:
• Support all aspects of NFPA’s brand management, such as trademark registration and control; copyright permissions processing; marketing review; take-down notices, and activities in support of protecting NFPA’s copyrighted works.
• Contract review and management; managing correspondence; creating, organizing and maintaining databases, official records, and other reference materials and generating reports.
• Handle state and federal filings and corporate registrations.
• Perform legal research on relevant laws, regulations and legal articles.
• Draft, edit, proofread, and provide other support functions in connection with the preparation, delivery and storage of contracts and contract templates, correspondence, memoranda, and other legal documents.
• Assist with the management of litigation including coordinating document production and preparing correspondence.
• Support communications efforts of legal department within organization including by maintaining legal page on intranet.
• Interface with staff and others inside and outside of the organization to respond to inquiries.
• Handle general administration, record-keeping and information management functions of the Legal Department including coordinating meetings and travel arrangements and preparing expense reports.
• Coordinate and manage information for insurance purposes.
• Maintain strict confidentiality of the Legal Department and confidential information.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Solid research and problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail and follow through a must.
• Ability to work independently as well as on a team.
• Strong proofreading, editing and general document preparation skills.
• Ability to manage projects.
• Creative and flexible.