Paralegal

Job Description

Locations

• Redmond, Washington, United States, Redmond, Washington, United States

Salary

Salary not disclosed

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in Paralegal, Legal Administration, or relevant experience; OR Paralegal Certification that meets the requirements for the location of work AND 5+ years experience in Paralegal, Legal Administration, or relevant experience OR equivalent experience. (degree)
• OR equivalent experience. (degree)
• 1+ years' experience with Employment Law. (degree)
• Bachelor’s Degree AND 4+ years experience in an employment law. (degree)
• 3+ years relevant in-house corporate experience. (degree)
• 1+ years experience with Microsoft Office programs such as Microsoft Outlook, Word and SharePoint and Excel. (degree)
• Ability to work independently while also demonstrating the ability to collaborate when working with diverse teams. (degree)
• Ability to utilize organizational and project management skills to work efficiently to prioritize tasks, meet workload fluctuations, deadlines and goals. (degree)
• Problem solving skills in ambiguous scenarios and ability to move forward based on solid assumptions and risk mitigation, while also identifying root causes, resolutions, and make systematic improvements. (degree)
• Ability to demonstrate interpersonal awareness and influence others without direct authority. (degree)
• Effective written and verbal communication skills. (degree)

Responsibilities

• Provides comprehensive programmatic support for complex legal matters, including developing and modernizing processes, such as document retention, file management, and data, document, and witness discovery.
• Drafts and maintains knowledge management materials for multiple audiences, including the E+I Law Group, CELA and our HR clients.
• Proactively supports employment attorneys and other HR Legal roles on routine and non-routine legal matters, such as gathering and organizing discovery materials and working as a SME on e-discovery issues, assisting with drafting agency submissions, leading communications and work with Microsoft’s outside counsel and witnesses, and preparing for mediation.
• Maintains familiarity with the applicable employment law framework in the U.S. and agency regulations and processes.
• Builds knowledge of Microsoft’s business, E+I Law and Corporate, External and Legal Affairs processes, and Microsoft policies.
• Evaluates and prioritizes one's own work tasks and projects based on practice area goals and attorney input.
• Monitors timelines and schedules to ensure deadlines are met.
• Works with E+I Law attorneys and Human Resources clients to maintain and update legal resource materials (e.g., HR FAQs, HR communications).
• Collaborates on and demonstrates accountability for achieving project goals within practice group, and contributes to team projects outside of practice group.
• Builds knowledge of Microsoft’s business, E+I Law and CELA processes, and Microsoft policies.
• Uses and maintains company tools, resources, databases, and processes to efficiently achieve work objectives, and recommends, develops, and implements efficiencies.
• Evaluates and prioritizes one's own work tasks and projects based on practice area goals and attorney input.
• Works in alignment with priorities established for practice group.
• Monitors timelines and schedules to ensure deadlines are met.
• Embody our culture and values

Travel Requirements

4 days / week in-office

Documents

• Document (url)