Paralegal - Clearwater, FL
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![]() United States, Florida, Clearwater | |
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This employee is responsible for performing a variety of support duties for in-house attorneys, including legal matters and contract review management, IP portfolio management, researching law, investigating facts, preparing/gathering documents/files, and other duties as assigned.
JOB FUNCTIONS * Researches and analyzes law sources such as statutes, recorded judicial decisions, legal articles, and legal codes * Reviews and supports attorneys in managing litigation and corporate documents such as briefs, pleadings, appeals, contracts, articles of incorporation, corporate documents, interrogatories and responses to * performs initial form review and manages review process for agreements with partnerships, payers, vendors, and other third parties review, approval, and use by counsel and general counsel * Assists attorneys in managing and processing contracts, including initial drafting, reviewing and negotiating of contracts, maintaining contract repositories, and ensuring contracts adhere to Lincare's standards * Drafts termination and default letters * Investigates facts and law of cases to assist with reviewing causes of action and to preparation of cases accordingly * Gathers documents, files, and other information needed for active litigation cases * Assist reviewing attorney by producing accurate, timely initial redlines and clerical edits on corporate contracts to support the attorney * Manage administrative tasks related to IP portfolio maintence * Manages intellectual property files in coordination with IP counsel * Performs other clerical duties such as scheduling appointments, providing information to callers, composing/typing routine correspondence, and reading/routing incoming legal requests * Prepares legal documents and maintains files |