Paralegal I, Litigation

Resurgent Capital Services - Greenville, NC

Full-time - Entry Level

Greenville, NC

Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

About the position

This position performs substantive and procedural legal work as authorized by law and by in-house counsel. The Paralegal I will work on litigation and legal compliance matters assigned by management or in-house counsel. The incumbent will provide support as a record's custodian in witnessing, mediations, depositions, trials, arbitrations, and discovery requests, and investigate and perform account-level reviews and provide recommendations to management and in-house counsel based upon investigation findings. This role reports directly to the Sr. Corporate Counsel or Assistant General Counsel.

Responsibilities

• Manage several matters as assigned by management within the litigation inventory including receiving, reviewing, investigating, and analyzing each matter and seeking guidance and escalating any issues to management and in-house counsel.
• Settle matters with minimal supervision within given settlement authority parameters including ensuring account level obligations are met post settlement.
• Research pertinent points of law asserted by opposing counsel or that may affect recovery efforts.
• Monitor all matter deadlines in a timely manner.
• Process all requests by assigned outside attorneys for media issues, settlement authority, check requests, etc. to bring a suit to resolution.
• Witness for law firms as a records custodian at telephonic or at live trials, mediations, arbitrations and depositions.
• Work with attorneys to schedule or decline appearances. Evaluate which matters justify travel costs.
• Work directly with outsourced attorney during briefings to prepare for witness appearance and prepare travel packets for yourself or other witnesses.
• Coordinate efforts directly with the firms for efficient and effective responses to all requests for discovery to include interrogatories, admissions, disclosures, and production of documents.
• Review of discovery responses, affidavits, and verifications for other paralegals if asked by management.
• Investigate and research by utilizing various systems within Resurgent, contacting various business lines and subject matter experts, and exploring/examining "holes" that may exist within a process, policy, or procedure that generated a cause of action or could lead to another cause of action.
• Research accounts or portfolios for the complete ownership assignment chain from the purchase bill of sale through current owner.
• Identify and escalate to Manager any issues that cause liability or are above authority level.
• Identify and escalate to Manager any trends that could be systemic or become problematic in future suits.
• Collect and process all correspondence received on accounts placed with assigned attorneys.
• Ensure that all actions, discovery and witness requests are tracked through case management software, CounselLink, per defined processes.
• Assist on any special projects assigned by management and in-house counsel to include training within the legal department.
• Other responsibilities as assigned by management.

Requirements

• 1-2 years of relevant experience required.
• National certification by either NALA or NFPA strongly preferred but years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of certification.
• Ability to quickly and accurately evaluate new matters and assess the applicability of relevant statutes, codes, and regulations.
• Must possess strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Advanced organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills with an emphasis on attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to proactively identify issues and opportunities and address the same with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work on a team or independently with minimal supervision.

Nice-to-haves

• Four-year college degree preferred