Employment Law Paralegal

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Position Summary

The Employment Law Paralegal will work closely with internal and external attorneys on a variety of employment law and immigration law matters affecting the Company.

Responsibilities

• Draft for attorney review, pre-litigation employment law claims from federal, state, and local administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
• Work with HR and business leaders to obtain information for employment investigations and in preparation of defense of employment related claims and litigation.
• Notify and update business leaders of all employment law claims and lawsuits from federal and state courts, along with administrative agencies, and prepare ongoing status reports.
• Conduct legal research on a variety of topics and prepare memorandum for attorney review.
• Assist attorney with drafting employment law presentations.
• Manage and execute document preservation and litigation hold notices.
• Prepare, maintain, and update physical and electronic immigration case files to ensure efficiency, organization, proper case management, and understanding of case status by other office employees and attorney.
• Prepare immigration law drafts of USCIS forms and Company support letters.
• Assist attorney and outside legal counsel with nonimmigrant and immigrant employment-based petitions (H1B, L1, TN, Permanent Residency, etc.).
• Identify and complete daily tasks related to the management of each case, documenting notes in the Company’s case management system.
• Work with attorneys, paralegals, and legal assistants on a variety of legal matters as part of a team.
• Open and maintain files for all employment law related matters.
• Coordinate Legal Records Hold process.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or combination of equivalent experience and education.
• Minimum 5 years of employment law and immigration law.
• Paralegal certificate or degree.
• Must complete continuing education requirements as outlined by Crawford Educational Services
• Strict compliance with required confidentiality, discretion and diplomacy.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication and prioritization skills.
• Ability to use judgment, tact, and discretion.
• Ability to quickly assimilate oral and written data, to analyze facts and draw logical conclusions.
• Ability to maintain records, and prepare reports and correspondence related to the work.
• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to multi-task.
• Excellent telephone, writing, and proofreading skills.
• Outstanding organizational, interpersonal, and administrative skills.
• Must be self-motivated and able to meet deadlines under pressure.
• Strong technology and computer skills including Power Point, word processing and spreadsheet software, e-mail and database software program
• Ability to perform legal research.
• High level of proficiency using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required
• Knowledge of legal terminology, legal forms and documents, legal practices and procedures, litigation, and legal calendaring highly desired.
• Strong initiative and ability to exercise independent judgment and discretion with regard to reporting functions.
• Strong analytical ability.
• Knowledge of insurance claim and risk management claims handling and procedures

About Us

Why Crawford?

Because a claim is more than a number — it’s a person, a child, a friend. It’s anyone who looks to Crawford on their worst days. And by helping to restore their lives, we are helping to restore our community – one claim at a time.

At Crawford, employees are empowered to grow, emboldened to act and inspired to innovate. Our industry-leading team pioneers new solutions for the industries and customers we serve. We’re looking for the next generation of leaders to take this journey with us.

We hail from more than 70 countries and speak dozens of languages, reflecting the global fabric of the audience we serve. Though our reach is vast, we proudly operate as One Crawford: united in purpose, vision and values. Learn more at www.crawco.com.

When you accept a job with Crawford, you become a part of the One Crawford family. 

• Our total compensation plans provide each of our employees with far more than just a great salary
• Pay and incentive plans that recognize performance excellence
• Benefit programs that empower financial, physical, and mental wellness
• Training programs that promote continuous learning and career progression while enhancing job performance
• Sustainability programs that give back to the communities in which we live and work
• A culture of respect, collaboration, entrepreneurial spirit and inclusion

Crawford & Company participates in E-Verify and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V Crawford & Company is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Crawford via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from Crawford HR/Recruitment will be deemed the sole property of Crawford. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Crawford as a result of the referral or through other means.

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